and when the movie syncs up everything from its auteur’s facility for sight gags to the actors’ impressive young-fuck-up-meets-old-fart chemistry, Wilderpeople generates enough good will to ...

Though not quite as audacious as its premise initially implies, Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a refreshing alternative to standard Hollywood children’s fare.

One of Waititi’s cinematic trademarks – a cameo by the director himself in each of his films – prominently features in ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople.’ Waititi plays a curt, eccentric minister at a ...

One of the films that cemented Taika Waititi’s standing as a visionary director was the Kiwi classic ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople.’ The movie lays the groundwork for the esteemed director’s foray into ...

While Hunt For The Wilderpeople initially comes off as a ... It’s quite possibly the best movie (so far) this year.

There’s nothing like ending a day full of doomsday anxiety spiralling by popping on a feel-good movie. In a time when every media channel seems to produce an endless stream of nail-biting and forehead ...

Hec and Ricky are a traditional oil-and-water movie duo, physically and emotionally off-set. Ricky writes haikus. Hec hunts. And the two become famous, all over national news and tracked by the ...

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their ...

To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family ... Strong themes of friendship and teamwork. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE is set in New Zealand, where Ricky (Julian ...