Boy
2010 · Movie · NR · 88 min · ★ 7.3 · 79% critics
In rural New Zealand in 1984, an imaginative 11-year-old and devoted pop-culture fan is thrilled when his long-absent father suddenly returns. As the visit unfolds, the child tries to hold onto his hero worship while sensing the adult’s real motives, forcing him to grow up faster than he expected.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-03-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (489 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a warm, quirky coming-of-age dramedy with 80s pop-culture flavor and bittersweet family themes; Not for you if you need nonstop laughs or tidy closure like Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Pros: funny and heartfelt; strong child performances; quirky 80s references | Cons: uneven tone shifts; drifts in later stretch; ending feels anticlimactic
Themes
- farm
- new zealand
- maori
- goat
- coming of age
- grief
- dead mother
- duringcreditsstinger
- 1980s
- kids on their own
- father son relationship
Cast & crew
James Rolleston
as Boy
- TE
Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu
as Rocky
Taika Waititi
as Alamein
- MT
Moerangi Tihore
as Dynasty
- CM
Cherilee Martin
as Kelly
RickyLee Waipuka-Russell
as Chardonnay
- HR
Haze Reweti
as Dallas
- MB
Maakariini Butler
as Murray
- RE
Rajvinder Eria
as Tane
- MR
Manihera Rangiuaia
as Kingi
Directed by Taika Waititi