Whale Rider (Blu-ray) PG-13
In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 41 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: August 22, 2017
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Keisha Castle-Hughes | |
Performer: | Vicky Haughton, Rawiri Paratene, Mana Taumaunu, Cliff Curtis & Grant Roa | |
Directed by | Niki Caro | |
Edited by | David Coulson | |
Screenwriting by | Niki Caro | |
Produced by | John Barnett, Frank Hübner & Tim Sanders | |
Director of Photography: | Leon Narbey | |
Executive Production by | Linda Goldstein Knowlton & Bill Gavin |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
Whale Rider will endure as a modern masterwork because its themes are as universal as the story is localized.
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FanboyNation.com
...Ms. Caro treats the material with the calm of a silent film and exploits the extravagant beauty of the location for its majesty....It has the inspiring resonance of found art...
New York Times
both an effective snapshot of the challenges which modernity brings to indigenous cultures, and a neat illustration of the power of myths to adapt.
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Daily Info
Newcomer Castle-Hughes' unaffected, confident turn makes it credible our heroine might retain her determination and self-worth despite serial setbacks.
Variety
...Moving, dreamily paced....Caro gives the fablesque story -- based on a 1,000-year-old Maori legend -- both a contemporary and timeless quality, anchored by newcomer Castle-Hughes' powerful and haunting performance...
USA Today
The filmmaker knows how to seduce an audience without making it feel had. When a movie's this likable, it would take a very tough crowd not to be pleased.
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Newsweek
Rating: 3/5 --
The movie's story is a sometimes clumsy but gradually involving coming-of-age story about courage, sexism, past customs vs. contemporary social values and a community and family at odds within themselves.
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Sacramento News & Review
Product Description:
New Zealand's Maori culture is the focus of WHALE RIDER, the powerful coming-of-age tale of Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), a 13-year-old girl who feels destined to become leader and chief to her tribe although that role has always been reserved for males. In part, the role is her birthright, as her twin brother died in childbirth, and she survived. However, her grandfather, Koro (Rawiri Paratene), who is the current chief, stands firmly in the way of Pai's dream. He is extremely traditional and is superstitious that even Pai's curiosity in learning to be chief could upset the ancestors (who are the whales themselves). Pai's grandmother, Flowers (Vicky Haughton), defies Koro to support Pai, and her uncle, Rawiri (Grant Roa), trains her in the chants and battle techniques she needs. The rest is intuition, and Pai has loads of it--enough to communicate with the ancestors, and call them to her for help and guidance.
Weaving family life, cultural tradition, and an ancient myth into a contemporary story, WHALE RIDER is a tender tale. As Pai, first-time actress Castle-Hughes is a small but impressive warrior, perfectly balancing kid naivety with adult bravery. The traditional costumes, language, chants, and personality of the Maori people come through well, while the tale is clearly a modern fiction, based on a novel by Witi Ihimaera. Beautiful and dramatic New Zealand landscapes and dreamy underwater whale photography cement the formula of the film and add to its magic.
Weaving family life, cultural tradition, and an ancient myth into a contemporary story, WHALE RIDER is a tender tale. As Pai, first-time actress Castle-Hughes is a small but impressive warrior, perfectly balancing kid naivety with adult bravery. The traditional costumes, language, chants, and personality of the Maori people come through well, while the tale is clearly a modern fiction, based on a novel by Witi Ihimaera. Beautiful and dramatic New Zealand landscapes and dreamy underwater whale photography cement the formula of the film and add to its magic.
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