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- 2016
- PG-13
- 1091 Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- 1091 Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Summary Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in t...
Directed By: Taika Waititi
Written By: Barry Crump, Tearepa Kahi, Taika Waititi
- 2016
- PG-13
- 1091 Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- 1091 Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8.1
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Summary Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in t...
Directed By: Taika Waititi
Written By: Barry Crump, Tearepa Kahi, Taika Waititi
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
81
93% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
81
93% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A bit "Up," a bit "Moonrise Kingdom," a bit "Midnight Run," even… Taika Waititi’s latest is an oddball treat of a mismatched-buddy pursuit move.
One of the most sincere and funny portraits of family life to come along in a while.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 234 User Ratings
8.1
89% Positive
209 Ratings
209 Ratings
7% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
3% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 234 User Ratings
8.1
89% Positive
209 Ratings
209 Ratings
7% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
3% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Taika Waititi's Film 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' is an interesting and fun story about A boy named Ricky and his step Uncle Hector. This movie provides some excellent pacing, funny jokes and some great character dynamics that are present in this movie. As with many of his other films Taika Waititi has been able to express many themes of journey that help create a sense of grandeur and scale which helps this movie standout for a movie that is primarily focused on humour and character dynamics. Overall an excellent movie that really shows the talent of Taika Waititi and how he is able to create his movies.
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Waititi (who’s also responsible for the best comedy of 2015, "What We Do in the Shadows," and will next tackle the third "Thor" film) executes a series of deft narrative U-turns, twisting the tale into 101 minutes of pure comic joy.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople takes a troika of familiar story types — the plucky kid, the crusty geezer, the nurturing bosom — and strips them of cliché. Charming and funny, it is a drama masquerading as a comedy about an unloved boy whom nobody wants until someone says, Yes, I’ll love him.
Life in remote parts of New Zealand must forge hardy souls, judging from the characters in Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Throughout his films, Waititi has always been skilled at melding comedy with trauma and crafting screenplays with crowdpleasing callbacks. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is another such example of amiable, kind-hearted storytelling.
As the proceedings grow increasingly more far-fetched, the story starts to feel thinner, any semblance of reality increasingly abandoned. What keeps Hunt for the Wilderpeople afloat are the full-blooded characters that populate it.
Cute little flim, but nothing more. Itreally is not bad, but it's not exceptional nonetheless. It's quite a pity, because Sam Neill really is amazing in it. A huge missed opportunity there. Such a character and actor deserved a better movie.
I think the director tries too hard to make this movie what it is not: a pure Sundance-style hipster film. As a result, it looks and sounds fake most of the time. The music for example is a total miss for me. Too loud and artificial when it should have reflected the feelings of the characters. And the balance between comedy and drama is a bit strange to say the least. Many times I wondered if I was supposed to laugh or cry. Overall, it's a completely forgetable movie. Maybe a different director would have made a much better flim (i.e. Wes Anderson!).
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I won't rate this a zero because I think the cast trying to do something but I'm not totally sure what is it , Once you're done watching this movie the next day you won't remember watching it at all , I feel sorry for them and I wish they'll do a better one in future with a better plot story , script , cast and everything else ... What makes me watch it is that high rated and reviews some of you guys made up or maybe got paid to do that and other movies and mess with the rating and I wish all movie sites could do rating system according to gender and user age similar to the one in imdb which you can see where most voter comes from ,, for example : ( 2317 Males Aged 18-29 , 3830 Non-US users ) You'll know that rating according to whom and where exactly ? And won't be fooled over and over again ,, Yes I do waste my time watching this crab so don't you do the same and spare you're time for a better thing to do !
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Production Company
Piki Films,
Defender Films,
Curious Film
Release Date Jun 24, 2016
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Nature just got gangster
Awards
New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II)
• 6 Wins & 10 Nominations
Empire Awards, UK
• 5 Nominations
Film Club's The Lost Weekend
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
