Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Crit
Serially unwanted child (Julian Dennison), menaced by Dickensian New Zealand child welfare system, resists love of foster parents (well, love of foster mother; grudging tolerance of foster father) but ends up on the lam with Hec (Sam Neill), with whom he forges inevitable bonds.Wait, did I mention this is one of the funniest comedies of the year? Did I mention that the sentimentality is skillfully cut by goofiness and natural beauty? And goofiness?
An absolutely irresistible film, not that I worked very hard to resist, by Taika Waititi, who gave us What We Do in the Shadows a year ago. Even more than that vampire mockumentary, this is a perfect hoot.
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