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Whale Rider by Niki Caro
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DVD detailsActor: Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton Director: Niki Caro Brand: CASTLE-HUGHES,KEISH Writer: Niki Caro Producer: Bill Gavin Producer: Frank H?bner Producer: John Barnett Producer: Linda Goldstein Knowlton Producer: Reinhard Brundig Writer: Witi Ihimaera DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled) Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 101 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-10-28 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Whale RiderDVD Review: Don't tell the guys, I liked this movie. Summary: 5 StarsOK this movie is a chick-flick. With that said, I am male and I enjoyed it. Unlike American movies, it does not spend all of its time developing the characters. Instead it develops the situation to a climax. It is well written, although a little predictable at times. I should warn all the tough guys out there that it will make you weep like a girl at the end, so don't see it with other guys.
DVD Review: Whale Rider Summary: 5 StarsOne of my favorite movies. It's so moving! It's great how this movie shows how generations change, that women can do some thing men can, sometimes even better. And how sometimes, it takes a tragedy to make a stubborn, mean, old man open his eyes.
DVD Review: Whale Rider Summary: 5 StarsThis movie is a wonderful family movie...I highly recommend it. Arrived quickly and in perfect condition.
DVD Review: best movie ever Summary: 5 StarsThis movie is SO special! Its moving,beautiful and full of inspiration. Its my all time favorite movie.
DVD Review: Whle Rider Summary: 5 StarsThis is a wonderfully told story about a family coming to terms with traditions clashing with new realities, and how preconcieved notions about gender have to give way to those realities. The women in this story are strong, quietly forceful, and ultimately prove to be the leaders in the family. I live this film and the messages it gives.
Description of Whale RiderThere is a legend that Paikea rode on the back of a whale and led his people to New Zealand. Since that time tradition has decreed that the first-born male descendant will become chief of the tribe. Then Pai is born...and she is a girl. She grows up within a close-knit village which retains the tribes traditional spiritual relationship with the sea and their warrior values. Although loved by all, Pai faces rejection from her grandfather, Koro, who is brokenhearted that there is no grandson to carry on the line. One of the most charming and critically acclaimed films of 2003, the New Zealand hit Whale Rider effectively combines Maori tribal tradition with the timely "girl power" of a vibrant new millennium. Despite the discouragement of her gruff and disapproving grandfather (Rawiri Paratene), who nearly disowns her because she is female and therefore traditionally disqualified from tribal leadership, 12-year-old Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is convinced that she is a tribal leader, and sets about to prove it. Rather than inflate this story (from a novel by Witi Ihimaera) with artificial sentiment, writer-director Niki Caro develops very real and turbulent family relationships, intimate and yet torn by a collision between stubborn tradition and changing attitudes. The mythic whale rider--the ultimate symbol of Maori connection to nature--is also the harbinger of Pai's destiny, and the appealing Castle-Hughes gives a luminous, astonishingly powerful performance that won't leave a dry eye in the house. With its fresh take on a familiar tale, Whale Rider is definitely one from the heart. --Jeff Shannon
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