It's 1984. 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. This is where the goat enters. find out more...
In Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his frustrated duty bound son. But after the pair attend a lecture by a visiting swami about the transmigration of souls, Fisk Junior finds himself drawn to Dean Spanley's fantastical dinner party stories, and convincing Fisk Senior to entertain the experience may provide the two men with redemption from their loveless existence. 'Dean S find out more...
When Kylie is ordered by the man into home detention, as part of her rehabilitation programme, for sticking it to him once too often, she struggles to adapt to the prison she shares with her mother and her mother’s new partner; the family home she grew up in, that may or may not be haunted. The secrets housed within unravel against a seriously pleasing balance of horror suspense and mild peril lols. Worth it for the performance of Rima Te Wiata, as Kylie’s mother Miriam, alone.
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Clearly the foster care system in New Zealand isn't much better than the one in the states. A sobering, touching & hilariously dry tale about the trials of parenthood, Waititi fills "Wilderpeople" with his comedic touches while showing his hand as a Wes Anderson fan (quirky editing, symmetrical framing). The kid is an awesome find, Neill is great; it's hard to ima find out more...
