Boy (2010)★ 7.8/10
- Comedy
- Drama
Directed by: Taika Waititi
Written by: Taika Waititi
In 1984, Boy’s estranged criminal father returns seeking buried cash. Boy faces reality as the goat plays a strange role in this tense family reunion on their farm.
- Original title
- Boy
- Storyline
- In 1984, 11-year-old Boy lives on a farm with his brother Rocky, gran, and a goat. When gran leaves, Boy’s absent father Alamein returns—a flawed criminal hunting buried money. Boy’s idealized image shatters as he confronts his father’s true nature. The goat soon becomes key to this tense reunion.
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 31,922
- Companies
- Whenua Films, Unison Films, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand On Air, Te Mangai Paho, Les Films du Préau, Mongrel Media, Paladin, Shout! Studios, Transmission Films, Front Row Filmed Entertainment, Solopan, Vertigo Releasing
- Release dates
- US January 22, 2010
- DE February 14, 2010
- NZ March 25, 2010
- GB June 18, 2010
- TW July 1, 2010
- AU July 28, 2010
- IL August 17, 2010
- AE September 1, 2010
- GR September 16, 2010
- PL October 8, 2010
- SE November 20, 2010
- IS January 7, 2011
- CA July 13, 2012
- FR September 12, 2012
- JP February 7, 2022