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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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At one stage in this latest film from multi-talented Taika Waititi, young Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) comments that "this looks just like Lord of the Rings", as he and Hec (Sam Neill) lie in a ditch watching armed police officers walking along the path above them. With most of the film shot in the mountainous wilderness of New Zealand, the observation is valid.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople - based on the book, Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump - is, however, a low-budget film about real people and mercifully devoid...