What do non New Zealanders think of this movie?
As a Kiwi, I really liked it... but not sure if a lot of the '80's New Zealand' humour would translate too well. Interested to know what any non-locals think.
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I really enjoyed the movie, but would have needed subtitles to understand everything that was being said.
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I couldn't understand about 1/4 of what was being said. I kind of liked it, though. I liked the son's attachment to his dad...though about halfway through I wanted the loser father to simply drop dead.
All in all, made me wish more poverty-stricken parents used birth control. I mean, there are 4 or 5 kids alone in that house? Great. share
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I'm a White American and I loved it. It could very well be transferred into an American story.
The kids all like Michael Jackson and then there is the whole tribal lands thing. While this movie was about Maori people with a few white characters, it could easily have taken place on a reservation in the US (Or Canada). The script wouldn't even have to be changed that much.
I would really like to see an American version of this movie, but I could relate the movie to my country as well.
The only thing I didn't get was "egg". We don't call people eggs in America. I understood it was an insult, but I wasn't exactly sure what it meant.
I'm Dutch/Norwegian living in Sweden and I think it's a gem of a movie, doesn't really feel like I missed out on any of the humor.
Would love to see more NZ films, so any suggestions are very welcome ;)
Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself homo!
The new one by same director 'What we do in the Shadows' is good. Whale rider a personal favourite.
shareWe are 80 year old Mainers (USA) and we loved this movie, which we watched last night. Had a lot of trouble with hearing the dialogue, so it was only reading the reviews that I knew what some of the characters names were. Never did understand who the other children were staying with the brothers. I mean they were cousins but did their mother go with the grandmother? Over all it must have been a very safe environment for a loving grandmother to leave all those children in the care of an 11 year old! WE actually felt sympathy for all the characters.
shareI know this is a bit of a late reply but oh well :) In Maori families its really common for children to go stay with their Nanas and Pops or other relatives. Also where this movie is based (the east coast) isn't a highly populated area, even less so in the 80s, so for them to be left alone with an 11 year old isn't that surprising. Its a common theme in New Zealand 'comedies' to also have a slice of a sad backstory. What seems funny actually highlights sad *beep* Eagle vs. Shark (also a Taika Waititi movie) is another example of funny-sad. I guess in New Zealand we can only do that style of comedy or black comedy (black sheep, housebound).
shareIt's not bad but its not a masterpiece, just an average flick.
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