Once Were Warriors
A family in crisis, a life in chaos... Nothing is more powerful than a mother's love.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 42 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: September 6, 2016
- Originally Released: 1994
- Label: Film Movement
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Rena Owen & Temuera Morrison | |
Performer: | Julian Arahanga & Cliff Curtis | |
Directed by | Lee Tamahori | |
Edited by | Michael Horton | |
Screenwriting by | Riwia Brown | |
Produced by | Robin Scholes | |
Director of Photography: | Stuart Dryburgh |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Once Were Warriors has more to say than the traditional TV-movie about spousal abuse. But some viewers will have to pay a price: This is a movie that requires strength and fortitude to sit through.
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New York Daily News
The barren lives of members of an urban Maori family are rigorously exposed in this rugged and painful picture, based on Alan Duff's novel.
Variety
...[A] compelling first feature...
Film Comment
Rating: A- --
One of the most powerful, ultra-realistic dramas about domestic violence--As the battered wife, Rena Welson should have received a Best Actress nomination.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
...Quick-fire editing and burnished visuals give the film a rich appearance...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3/5 --
There's little new here, but uniformly powerful performances (especially Owen's) give the tale unexpected power and depth.
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TV Guide
...[This] unambiguously emotional drama will likely touch a nerve with many who see it... -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today
Product Description:
One woman tries to keep her family together despite her violent, alcoholic husband. Based on the novel by Alan Duff. Made in New Zealand.
For Jake and Beth Heke, life in their suburban ghetto is going from bad to worse. Jake's just lost his job, their delinquent teenage son Boogie has to appear in court and they can't make ends meet with five growing kids. Late that night, they host another one of Jake's raunchy drinking parties while the children lie awake in their bedroom. When their oldest son asks for money, which Beth discovers Jake has gambled away, it ignites a vicious argument that Jake solves by giving Beth one of his brutal beatings. The tide of violence continues to ebb and flow in the Heke household until a terrible tragedy makes them confront the dysfunctional state of their family.
For Jake and Beth Heke, life in their suburban ghetto is going from bad to worse. Jake's just lost his job, their delinquent teenage son Boogie has to appear in court and they can't make ends meet with five growing kids. Late that night, they host another one of Jake's raunchy drinking parties while the children lie awake in their bedroom. When their oldest son asks for money, which Beth discovers Jake has gambled away, it ignites a vicious argument that Jake solves by giving Beth one of his brutal beatings. The tide of violence continues to ebb and flow in the Heke household until a terrible tragedy makes them confront the dysfunctional state of their family.
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- Sales Rank: 58,211
- UPC: 857692005857
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