What a moving film! With it’s simple story, powerful performances, and interesting blend of Maori and Michael Jackson, it makes for a wonderful film that treads the fine line between comedy and drama.
Meet Boy: an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his Nan, his goat Leaf, his cousins, and his little brother Rocky who thinks he’s got magic powers. When Boy’s Nan goes away for a week, Boy is left in charge of looking after everyone. Taking to this task with purpose and maturity, Boy’s good intentions and potential get lost when his father turns up out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his dad during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version: an angry drunk and dope fiend who has come back solely to dig up a bag of stolen money that he had buried some years before. For a while, Boy is happy to have his father back and even happier when they start spending “quality time” together, but as he is exposed to the vices of adults, Boy realises that he’s not as close to becoming a man as he initially thought.
Like The Kids Are All Right, the power of this film came solely from the spellbinding and heartbreaking performances. The story itself is very simple and is not encumbered by facts or important details. It’s simple and it’s wonderful.
As the story provides much of the drama, the blend of Maori dances and Michael Jackson dances provide the movie with some comedy and flare. Combining the two was a really clever idea and it worked beautifully.
James Rolleston stars as Boy and he was absolutely amazing. He delivered a stunning performance that was brave, frustrated, funny, charming, and confused. He was absolutely breathtaking.
Starring Taika Waititi, and Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Boy was a moving and beautifully crafted film that tread the fine line between comedy and drama. Filled with fights, vices, romance, and realisation, it was a really gorgeous film that brought tears to my eyes.
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