Top billed cast

1. 

   James Rolleston

   Boy

2. 

   Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu

   Rocky

3. 

   Taika Waititi

   Alamein

4. 

   Moerangi Tihore

   Dynasty

5. 

   Cherilee Martin

   Kelly

6. 

   RickyLee Waipuka-Russell

   Chardonnay

7. 

   Haze Reweti

   Dallas

8. 

   Maakariini Butler

   Murray

9. 

   Rajvinder Eria

   Tane

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-02-16

I really enjoyed James Rolleston’s performance here as his enthusiasm just leaps off the screen at you! His character hasn’t even got a name, but he lives with his gran and the scene-stealing “Rocky” (Te Aho Eketone-Whitu) who has the most fantastic superpowers - not! He is the original Michael Jackson superfan and it’s only his dad who can hope to come close to that level of adulation. His dad “Alamein” (Taika Waititi) is off as a temporary guest of Her Majesty though, and so just imagine his excitement when gran has to head off for a week to attend a funeral just as his father ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$9,116,968.00

Keywords

• farm
• new zealand
• maori
• goat
• coming of age
• grief
• dead mother
• duringcreditsstinger
• 1980s
• kids on their own
• father son relationship