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Boy
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #909
- IMDb #1165
- Rotten Tomatoes #898
- Metacritic #1375
- Letterboxd #481
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1262
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1043
- Metacritic Critics #1488
- Metacritic Audience #1277
- Kinopoisk #1763
- AlloCiné #787
- Trakt #1413
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88.
See the most agreed on films →On the rural East Coast of New Zealand in the 1980s, an 11-year-old boy nicknamed Boy cares for his younger brother and cousins while his grandmother is away. He has a wild imagination and idolizes his absent father, imagining him as a deep-sea diver and a war hero. When his father suddenly returns with two inept gang members, Boy is initially thrilled. However, he soon discovers that his father is an irresponsible dreamer, forcing Boy to reconcile his heroic illusions with a disappointing reality.
Details
- Director
- Taika Waititi
- Writer
- Taika Waititi
- Released
- 25 March 2010
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $9.1M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 9 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2010 | Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix | Winner | |
| Sundance Film Festival 2010 | Grand Jury Prize | Nominee | |
| AFI Fest Audience Award 2010 | — | Winner | |
| Asia Pacific Screen Award 2010 | — | Nominee | |
| ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival 2010 | Jury Award | Winner | |
| Melbourne International Film Festival 2010 | — | Winner | |
| New Zealand Film and TV Awards 2010 | Film Award | Winner | |
| Sydney Film Festival 2010 | Audience Award | Winner |
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| Audience Award | Winner |
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| International New Talent Competition | Nominee |