Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Every once in a while, a small, unheralded film comes along, so smart and funny, such a pleasure to experience, you can't believe your luck.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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 the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family.
Genre
Comedy
Runtime
93
Language
English
Director
Taika Waititi
Cast
Julian Dennison,
Sam Neill,
Rhys Darby
FEATURED REVIEW
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
A hard-to-handle foster kid from the big city and a grouchy bushman in his sixties are forced to forge an unlikely alliance to survive in the New Zealand wilderness in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a deliciously good time at the movies. An adaptation of Wild Pork and Watercress from the late and ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 7.01.16 - 9.08.16
NoHo 7 7.01.16 - 8.04.16
Monica Film Center 7.01.16 - 8.18.16
Claremont 5 7.08.16 - 7.28.16
Lumiere Music Hall 7.29.16 - 8.11.16
Town Center 5 7.29.16 - 8.11.16
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