Boy
New Zealand Film Commission (1/22/2010)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Not In Collection
#464
7*
Seen ItYes
(5/12/2016 NetFlix)
IMDB   7.5
83 mins New Zealand / English
VoD 
James Rolleston Boy
Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu Rocky
Ei Kura Albert Chardonnay's friend
Maakariini Butler Murray
Manaia Callaghan Miria
Tainui Callaghan Kiko
Ngapaki Emery Mum
Rajvinder Eria Tane
Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson Holden
Craig Hall Mr Langston
Pana Hema Taylor Juju
Cohen Holloway Chuppa
Te Aho Eketone-Whitu Rocky
Taika Cohen Alamein
Moerangi Tihore Dynasty
Cherilee Martin Kelly
RickyLee Waipuka-Russell Chardonnay
Haze Reweti Dallas
Manihera Rangiuaia Kingi
Rachel House Aunty Gracey
Waihoroi Shortland Weirdo
Tuhoro Ranihera Christie Mr. Nepia
Craig Hall Mr. Langston
Mavis Paenga Nan
Ngaru-toa Puru Che
Hoanihuhi Takotohiwi Hucks
Montana Te Kani-Williams Falcon Crest
Rangiteaorere Raki Young Darcy
Director/Choreographer
Taika Waititi
Taika Cohen
Producer Georgina Allison Conder
Cliff Curtis
Writer/Composer Taika Waititi
Taika Cohen
Cinematography Adam Clark
Music Lukasz Pawel Buda
Samuel Scott
Conrad Wedde


It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before.
Edition Details
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Festivals & Awards Sundance 2010

Notes
A delightful "short story" film. When I first rated this film immediately after viewing it, I gave it a 8. On reflection the next day, I changed it to a 7. It is cleary somewhere in the 7-8 range. The director did a fine job with the child actors -- but they seemed somewhat stilted at times. As if they didn't quite know how to react.