Boy [2010]

Overview

User Rating:8.1/10

Director:Taika Waititi

Writer:Taika Waititi (written by)

Release Date:25 March 2010 (New Zealand)

Genre:Comedy | Drama

Plot

It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters.

Cast

Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu ... Rocky

Ei Kura Albert ... Chardonnay's Friend

Maakariini Butler ... Murray

Manaia Callaghan ... Miria

Tainui Callaghan ... Kiko

Ngapaki Emery ... Mum

Rajvinder Eria ... Tane

Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson ... Holden

Craig Hall ... Mr. Langston

Pana Hema Taylor ... Juju

Wairangi Herewini ... Kingi's Friend

Cohen Holloway ... Chuppa

Waimihi Hotere ... Teacher

Rachel House ... Aunty Gracey

Cherilee Martin ... Kelly

Mavis Paenga ... Nan

Ngaru-toa Puru ... Che

Rangiteaorere Raki ... Young Darcy

Manihera Rangiuaia ... Kingi

Tuhoro Ranihera Christie ... Mr. Nepia

Haze Reweti ... Dallas

James Rolleston ... Boy

Heke-turoa 'Panache' Ropitini ... Chardonnay's Friend

Waihoroi Shortland ... Weirdo

Hoanihuhi Takotohiwi ... Hucks

Montana Te Kani-Williams ... Falcon Crest

Moerangi Tihore ... Dynasty

RickyLee Waipuka-Russell ... Chardonnay

Te Urikore Waititi-Lake ... Noodle

Ruataarehu Waititi ... Chardonnay's Friend

Taika Waititi ... Alamein (as Taika Cohen)