Boy

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  • Opened March 2, 2012 
  • 1 hr 28 min
  • NR
  • BOY is set in 1984 in a rural Maori community on the east coast of New Zealand. At the center of the story is eleven year-old "Boy" (James Rolleston), a high-spirited adolescent obsessed with American pop culture, especially Michael Jackson, and prone to particularly vivid fantasies about his long-absent father, (Waititi), whom he imagines as an adventurous world traveler. When his father returns, Boy discovers, instead, a lovable loser who has been serving a seven-year sentence for robbery, and inveterate schemer whose daydreams are no more grounded in reality than his son's. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Taika Waititi, James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu
  • Director: Taika Waititi
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy

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Absolutely charming

by mediaaddict

I can't rave enough about this movie. I saw it with a couple of friends. We all loved it. It's a shame that it's not getting a wider release in the US. If it is near you, I urge you to go see it!...

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most charming movie ever!

by joancarlo_mdc

This is a great movie that deserves to be watch by everyone. Too bad the critics didn't quite like it, goes to show you what they know....

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

A film like this would have little chance without the right casting, and James Rolleston is so right as Boy, it's difficult to imagine anyone else. Read full review

80
Arizona Republic
| Bill Goodykoontz

A delightful discovery, a charming little film about fathers, sons, New Zealand and Michael Jackson. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

Mr. Waititi, a popular standup comic in New Zealand, is wonderfully droll and entertaining in this acting role, which isn't all that far, geography and culture notwithstanding, from Steve Zahn at his stoner best. Read full review

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

This charming kid's-eye movie, full of comical and vivid detail about the lives of these cheerful children, has the loose, lanky feel of a memoir and of French New Wave films. Read full review

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Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu as Rocky, James Rolleston as Boy and Taika Waititi as Alamein in ``Boy.''