Another solid outing from Taika. Watched it with my 18 year kids, and for them I think some of the heaviness of the film weighed it down as it made its way to the conclusion. Still there's plenty of silliness, and even serious silliness to be had along the way.
I enjoyed it more than the lads, but sure there's some bittersweet which suits my palate better. "Boy" doesn't find its footing as well as the "Wilderpeople" which is a must-watch by all of our family sub-standards. That film gets its pain out of the way earlier, and the risks become more or less laughable, in "Boy" the risks start to stack up and cannot chuckled or Hakka'd away.
One question I had afterwards : Is there a precariousness of precociousness? Watiti surely loves the wisdom of youth, especially outcast youth. In this film it feels like the Dad (really an overgrown child) is overshadowed by Boy, and to me Boy in turn was overshadowed by Rocky.
Maybe Watiti is just fed up with adults, unless they are the undead? Curious to see a film from him without kids.... It was also interesting to see the accompanying black and white short ("two cars, one night" I think it was called) that had precocious kids but also all kinds of film school moves to it.
I enjoyed it more than the lads, but sure there's some bittersweet which suits my palate better. "Boy" doesn't find its footing as well as the "Wilderpeople" which is a must-watch by all of our family sub-standards. That film gets its pain out of the way earlier, and the risks become more or less laughable, in "Boy" the risks start to stack up and cannot chuckled or Hakka'd away.
One question I had afterwards : Is there a precariousness of precociousness? Watiti surely loves the wisdom of youth, especially outcast youth. In this film it feels like the Dad (really an overgrown child) is overshadowed by Boy, and to me Boy in turn was overshadowed by Rocky.
Maybe Watiti is just fed up with adults, unless they are the undead? Curious to see a film from him without kids.... It was also interesting to see the accompanying black and white short ("two cars, one night" I think it was called) that had precocious kids but also all kinds of film school moves to it.