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Whale Rider
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The film tells a contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize, the destiny of becoming the chief of her people.
The film tells a contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize, the destiny of becoming the chief of her people.
Actors:
Rawinia Clarke,
Peter Patuwai,
Rawiri Paratene,
Apiata Whangaparita-Apanui,
Taupua Whakataka-Brightwell,
Elizabeth Skeen,
Riccardo Davis,
Jane OKane,
Tahei Simpson,
Rutene Spooner,
Mana Taumaunu,
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Rawinia Clarke
Peter Patuwai
Rawiri Paratene
Apiata Whangaparita-Apanui
Taupua Whakataka-Brightwell
Elizabeth Skeen
Riccardo Davis
Jane OKane
Tahei Simpson
Rutene Spooner
Mana Taumaunu
1989
Director:
Niki Caro
Niki Caro
1967, Wellington, New Zealand
Country:
New Zealand, Germany
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June 03, 2008
The third act -- where all our predictions come true -- has a quiet dignity and, although it moves from A to B as expected, how it gets there is surprisingly mysterious.
November 01, 2007
The filmmaker knows how to seduce an audience without making it feel had. When a movie's this likable, it would take a very tough crowd not to be pleased.
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June 03, 2005
"Whale Rider" is a mystical, gentle movie that goes beyond the boundaries of the usual coming-of-age film.
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June 27, 2003
The film is closer to a feminist tract. And, like all propaganda, it wants to do all of your thinking for you.
August 07, 2008
The movie's story is a sometimes clumsy but gradually involving coming-of-age story about courage, sexism, past customs vs. contemporary social values and a community and family at odds within themselves.
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both an effective snapshot of the challenges which modernity brings to indigenous cultures, and a neat illustration of the power of myths to adapt.
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July 22, 2008
Newcomer Castle-Hughes' unaffected, confident turn makes it credible our heroine might retain her determination and self-worth despite serial setbacks.
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July 03, 2003
The most effective and moving female empowerment movie in awhile.
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This is what a children's film should be like.
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Niki Caro roots her characters in a landscape equal parts mundane and boundless, incorporates tantalising sea photography and Lisa's Gerrard's ambient soundtrack, and lifts off into a sublime, Elysian ending.
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Excellent to watch and discuss as a family.
June 27, 2003
[The story] is so simple that the audience gets ahead of it from the beginning.