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Boy (2010)

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Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
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Austin Chronicle
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April 06, 2012

A performer and comedian before becoming a filmmaker, Waititi uses his comic sensibilities to keep Boy from becoming mawkish or clichéd. He has created a coming-of-age tale that is truly original.
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Eye for Film
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February 07, 2013

This is an upbeat, often hilarious, but never mawkish, celebration of love.
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Detroit News
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April 27, 2012

"Boy" finds hope, and love, in the oddest corners.
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Oregonian
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April 05, 2012

Waititi does a nice tonal juggling act, balancing eccentric characters, a 1980s setting, child-drawn animation and Maori-inflected restagings of Michael Jackson videos with the painful consequences of parental neglect.
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Chicago Reader
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April 26, 2012

Waititi has reached into his past for a story that belongs to him alone.
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The Playlist
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July 10, 2013

The momentum from the opening dissipates early and without a real engine pushing the movie foward, it begins to drag...the film is 87 minutes and feels like it's 2 hours.
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Globe and Mail
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July 13, 2012

Even the inevitable flaws of the low-budget production are winning, showcasing as they do the narrative artistry that makes Boy so distinctive amid current factory-written studio productions.
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NECN
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August 24, 2012

It's one of those flicks that has more resonance than you may at first realize and a level of charm that few films contain.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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April 26, 2012

A film like this would have little chance without the right casting, and James Rolleston is so right as Boy, it's difficult to imagine anyone else.
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Philadelphia City Paper
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May 03, 2012

Rolleston's winning presence doubtless has much to do with the fact that Boy is a record-breaking hit in its home country, but there's some salt mixed in with the film's sugar.
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Toronto Star
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July 12, 2012

A simple story of coming of age and the bitter failings of hero worship that succeeds thanks to the impressive skills of its young star.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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April 05, 2012

Boy is a charmer, a funny and affecting coming-of-age story rendered with heart, and with nuttiness.
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