Boy

"Welcome to my interesting world."

Mar 25 2010 Not Rated 1h 27m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

In 1984, 11-year-old Boy lives on a farm with his younger brother Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers), their gran, and a goat. Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father Alamein appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face-to-face with the real version: an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters.

Written by

Taika Waititi

Directed by

Taika Waititi

Production Countries

New Zealand

Production Companies

Whenua Films, Unison Films, New Zealand Film Commission

Languages

English

Awards

13 wins & 9 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
31,383
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
70
Popularity
NA