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Boy

2010 · 88 min

A bittersweet, funny, and tender coming-of-age story with quirky charm and heartfelt moments.

Tagline
Welcome to my interesting world.
Overview
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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  • Amazon Prime Video
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • grief
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Taika Waititi
Written by
Taika Waititi
Starring
James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Cherilee Martin, RickyLee Waipuka-Russell, Haze Reweti, Maakariini Butler
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
88 min
Country
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Languages
Maori, English

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