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Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Country: New Zealand, Language: English, 101 mins

  • Director: Taika Waititi
  • Writer: Taika Waititi; Barry Crump
  • Producer: Sarah Cook; Charlie McClellan

CGiii Comment

Quite simply: A modern day classic.

Rarely do we get to gush about a film...cue: Some serious gushing.

Ooooooh...where to start?

With Sam Neil, he supports a blisteringly funny performance by Julian Dennison - whose comic timing is utter perfection.

The writing...to hell with political correctness...off-the-wall one-liners come - fast and furious - from every angle...with a monologue [from Dennison] that will have you howling, a masterclass in how to innocently incriminate [an innocent] someone of serious child sexual abuse/assault!

Yes, there are moments when the comedy is rather clunky...the buffoons in the forest, too slapstick. The chief detective, not a natural actress and/or comedian.

However, these hiccups can be forgiven...this is a rollercoaster ride of hard knocks, tender times and sad circumstances. It really is all about survival...choosing to live your life the way you want to, screwing the system - a system that really knows nothing about choice.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople manages - in its stride - to address the complexities of children-in-care and the dead-end care that the elderly have to look forward to...not exactly the cheeriest of subjects...but, these grim realities have been dealt a knockout blow via a fine script and an electric on-screen chemistry between man and boy...cease the gushing!

Bend over backwards to see this...it's heart-warming, it's a riot...it's a bloody marvellous film!


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The(ir) Blurb...

A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.

Cast & Characters

Sam Neill as Hec;
Julian Dennison as Ricky;
Rima Te Wiata as Bella;
Rachel House as Paula;
Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne as Kahu;
Oscar Kightley as Andy;
Stan Walker as Ron;
Mike Minogue as Joe;
Cohen Holloway as Hugh;
Rhys Darby as Psycho Sam;
Troy Kingi as TK;
Taika Waititi as Minister;
Hamish Parkinson as Gavin;
Stu Giles as Sick Man;
Lloyd Scott as Tourist