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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 May 2016

I do find New Zealand films refreshingly offbeat, crazy in the most entertaining way, and peopled with characters who inhabit the outer edges…

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By Blake Howard (505) for Graffiti With Punctuation (173) on 16 May 2016

Wilderpeople is the best film of 2016, so far; or as Ricky and Uncle Hect would say - sh*t just got real…

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By David Crow (142) for Den of Geek (424) on 06 May 2016

Here is the perfect example of a film that at a glance appears to be going one way, but winds up somewhere far more entertaining and endearing…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 25 Apr 2016

It's a gentle movie, but with a bittersweet edge - and it's funny as hell to boot…

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By Kristy Puchko (422) for CBR (174) on 24 Apr 2016

Full of character and comedy, it's easily one of the best films of the year…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 22 Apr 2016

Hunt For The Wilderpeople is a comical, soul-searching tale from the Bush that delights around every leaf-covered turn…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Apr 2016

Neil proves compellingly gruff as a reluctant father figure, though it's the trash-talking, family-craving ten-year-old Dennison who steals…

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By Elise Nakhnikian (118) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Apr 2016

It finds humor and love in a potentially grim situation without ever belittling or caricaturing the characters…

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By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 31 Mar 2016

The remarkable performance of young Julian Dennison as Ricky Baker, the city juvenile delinquent fostered out in the backblocks, gives Wilderpeople…

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By Steve Newall (155) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 30 Mar 2016

A hilarious, heartwarming tale that harnesses script, direction and performances and takes plenty of creative risks on its way to delivering…

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By Michael Agresta (3) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 15 Mar 2016

A throwback family classic in the mold of The Goonies…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 19 Feb 2016

Throughout his films, Waititi has always been skilled at melding comedy with trauma and crafting screenplays with crowdpleasing callbacks…

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By Russ Fischer (68) for Nerdist (550) on 12 Feb 2016

There's no point where Hunt for the Wilderpeople does anything that you've never seen before, but it would be crazy to hold that against a…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 04 Feb 2016

Taika Waititi knows growing up isn't child's play but he also respects childhood as a place of adventure, where spontaneity rules and the possibilities…

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By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 31 Jan 2016

Built on formula, but when a formula is this well-executed, it's awfully hard to complain…

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By Sam Fragoso (108) for The Playlist (3,871) on 29 Jan 2016

By extension of the film's unending niceness, Waititi has made a movie mired in the middle-ground, a terrain marred by the absence of innovation…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 27 Jan 2016

[Waititi's] nimble adaptation here combines solid writing with an entire bag of filmmaking tricks that includes visual gags, unexpected cuts…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Jan 2016

For the most part, pic’s sheer good-naturedness pulls off a not particularly inspired crusty-old-coot-thawed-by-young-scamp concept, maintaining…

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By Nigel M Smith (79) for The Guardian (2,969) on 27 Jan 2016

As the proceedings grow increasingly more far-fetched, the story starts to feel thinner, any semblance of reality increasingly abandoned…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 27 Jan 2016

Warmly funny and deeply delightful, Hunt For The Wilderpeople is a tale of two misfits told with such generosity of spirit and consistent good…

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