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Once Were Warriors
1994
· Movie
· 99 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Every rating
74–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95. Critics average 93, everyone else 80.
See the most agreed on films →In a violent relationship, it takes a mother’s strength to save herself and her children from the man she loved. Once Were Warriors is a violent love story set against a contemporary urban backdrop.
Details
- Director
- Lee Tamahori
- Writer
- Riwia Brown
- Released
- 2 September 1994
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $950.0K
- Box office
- $6.7M
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