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Captain Fantastic
Why this pick
Its off-grid setting, prickly caregiver-young person dynamics, and tender comic edge closely echo Wilderpeople’s blend of wilderness adventure and emotional healing.
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MOVIE2016 1h 41m NZL
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ricky Baker (Dennison), a juvenile delinquent who was abandoned by his mother, is taken by child welfare services officer Paula and police officer Andy, to live in a remote farm with foster mother Bella and her husband, the cantankerous southern man Hec (Neill). Hec is remote, but Bella quickly manages to break through Ricky's defensive shell by taking him hunting and giving him a dog for his 13th birthday, which he names Tupac after his idol Tupac Shakur.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Julian Dennison
Ricky Baker
Sam Neill
Hec Faulkner
Rima Te Wiata
Bella M. Faulkner
Rachel House
Paula Hall
Rhys Darby
Psycho Sam
Oscar Kightley
Officer Andy
Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne
Kahu
Cohen Holloway
Hugh