Boy

This unpretentious comic tale of a youngster's growing relationship with a long-absent father has a surprising rhythmic genius: joy juxtaposed with humiliation, silliness with sadness, fantasy with reality, and none of it formulaic. The editing feels fresh, as does the film.

A delightful discovery, a charming little film about fathers, sons, New Zealand and Michael Jackson.

A funny and touching coming-of-age story.

Hyper-stylized, funny, a crowd-pleaser.

Waititi's comic vocabulary hasn't changed much-there's a lot of voice-over narration illustrated with ludicrous, cartoonish tableaux - yet the kids' genuine longing for their no-good dad elevates this above simple deadpan humor.

Writer-director and co-star Taika Waititi ("Eagle vs Shark") never builds much momentum for his largely uneventful if sometimes inventive story.

Boy needn't be pop-culturally fluent to be relatable; believable human characterizations would have sufficed.

It's one of the best new zealand movies ever made! I had a pernament smile on my face through the whole movie. The Aussies dont make movies this funny.

The greatest Australian film ever made, Boy is both intelligent and outright funny. Comedy and Drama mixed in such a picture perfect way that this film will forever be in my heart. The lead roles filled by two New Zealand boys are picture perfect. It shows that talent can be found even in the smallest of places. I will go so far as to say that the main character is on a Brad Pitt level. This is a true independent film that raised over 100K on Kickstarter to force a US release. This is a must see but a hard find. Once you watch this film your take on overseas english filmmaking will be forever changed!!!

A touching image of a youngster realising that his father is a human being rather than a deity. Every male will be aware of this point in their lives and be able to relate to the boy character right away.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

So here's a movie with very very little to say, depending on trying to be cutesie to cover up its basic vapidness. It's not funny; it's poorly written, poorly acted, poorly filmed, unrealistic, shallow, pointless, and hollow. It's not mean spirited, it's just empty fluff. We watched half of it, my gf fell asleep, and I shut it off so I didn't waste any more time. Don't waste your time.