Boy (2010)
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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20 September 1994
20 October 1971, Auckland, New Zealand
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.
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.
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.
February 07, 2013
This is an upbeat, often hilarious, but never mawkish, celebration of love.
April 26, 2012
Waititi has reached into his past for a story that belongs to him alone.
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.
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.
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.
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.
April 27, 2012
"Boy" finds hope, and love, in the oddest corners.
April 05, 2012
Boy is a charmer, a funny and affecting coming-of-age story rendered with heart, and with nuttiness.
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.
