Film

Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2016

Directed by Taika Waititi

  • Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
  • 101 min
  • PG-13

Nature just got gangster.

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

AdventureComedyDramaFamilycountrysidebased on novel or bookwild boardelinquentnew zealandwildernesscoming of agedogfoster familynature

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Contemporary, classical in form, effortless and intimate.

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  • classical in formformally daring
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