Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Film details

Film TitleHunt for the Wilderpeople
Suitability
Genre
Length101mins
Year2016
CountryNew Zealand
DirectorTaika Waititi
ActorsSam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata
LanguageEnglish
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A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.

This might be the best kids’ movie since Up.

There’s brilliant chemistry between Dennison and Neil, the pair quite obviously bouncing off each other; a joy to watch on screen, and as the story progresses you begin to feel like a member of their special pack, gleefully part of the adventure.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople has been a huge audience favourite at festivals this year and you can see why, with its brand of dark New Zealand humour, coupled with a boy’s own adventure story that goes not merely off the rails, but off-road and off-grid.

Ricky is a wonderfully fresh creation, the embodiment of hilarity because he doesn’t see anything funny about anything, least of all himself.

It’s fantastic! I love Ricky Baker.