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Director: Taika Waititi Year: 2010 Language: English Country: New Zealand

This 1984 set comedy from the director of Eagle vs. Shark follows a young New Zealander known to his friends and family as "Boy". He lives under the watchful eye of his Grandmother with his brother and cousins after his mother died giving birth to his brother. When his Grandmother leaves him in charge of the house to attend a funeral, his father returns from prison looking for some ill gotten gains he stashed on the family property.

Boy is a quirky, touching comedy. The father, Alamein, is a man-child who loves E.T. and is the leader of his own gang, complete with two sidekicks. His character alone is comic gold, but there are so many other great gags as well. Underneath the humour is a heartfelt story of a boy who has a lot of responsibility and who really wants to get to know his father.

As a comedy, Boy works very well, but it also works very well on other levels.

Dave W - 20th June, 2010 - 10:22