Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.
Waru has generally received positive reviews.
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By Josh Slater-Williams (157) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 09 Nov 2018
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Waru was released in 2017 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving Waru (2017) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 86%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Waru than critics were.
With a score of 68%, Waru is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2017, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2017 with similar scores include films like Gerald's Game, Battle of the Sexes and Their Finest.
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