Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.

More information on this production is available at wilderpeople.film.

The critical consensus

A bit Up, a bit Moonrise Kingdom, a bit Midnight Run, even… Taika Waititi’s latest is an oddball treat of a mismatched-buddy pursuit move.

Dan Jolin, Empire Online, 23/08/2016

Warm, witty, and occasionally wild, Waititi’s bush-bonding romp is a kind, generous-spirited winner.

(*) Kevin Harley, Total Film, 12/09/2016

Sweet and defiantly unsentimental.

(*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 15/09/2016

A sweet crowdpleaser guaranteed to lift your spirits.

(*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 16/09/2016

While laughs are hearty and often clever, with loving emotional moments in-between it’s the subtlety at which these themes are addressed that makes Wilderpeople so fantastic.

(*) Jack Shepherd, The Independent, 16/09/2016

A big-hearted picture full of small, understated moments of magic, the New Zealand-based comedy-drama Hunt for the Wilderpeople is an off-kilter charmer.

(*) Wendy Ide, The Observer, 18/09/2016