A nice little film, but poor acting by most of the yokels, with the exception of Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rawiri Paratene, keep this piece in the "quaint and charming" category. For me it went only slightly beyond the home movie genre.
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Topic - Most overrated film: Whale Rider. - dennzio 05:56:22 02/01/04 (18)
- Casablanca n/t - Andy 09:08:48 02/10/04 (0)
- LOTR, indeed (nt) - orejones 10:59:25 02/02/04 (3)
- "LOTR, indeed" ...? I assume you meant in your humble opinion, right? - Audiophilander 22:11:25 02/02/04 (2)
- Half kingdom for the last word? (nt) - Victor Khomenko 05:56:01 02/03/04 (1)
- Would a French director and sub-titles make you happy? - dennzio 06:46:12 02/03/04 (0)
- The English Patient nt - padreken 10:20:25 02/02/04 (1)
- Re: The English Patient nt - rico 11:13:50 02/02/04 (0)
- Dennzio: the voice of reason. - rhizomatic 07:24:48 02/02/04 (2)
- It would have been a better ending if Pai had died. - dennzio 05:52:33 02/03/04 (1)
- Fer real doe. - rhizomatic 08:47:45 02/03/04 (0)
- Re: Most overrated film: Whale Rider. - Chris Garrett 12:27:09 02/01/04 (1)
- Re: Awwww Chris.... - Dave-A 18:14:47 02/05/04 (0)
- About Schmidt.... I try to forget the bulk of them ..nt - late 10:56:53 02/01/04 (0)
- Re: Chariots of Fire (nt) - rico 10:00:43 02/01/04 (0)
- Dr. Zhivago. Lawrence of Arabia. Any Merchant & Ivory... nt - clarkjohnsen 08:11:18 02/01/04 (2)
- You have to be nuts - 03blueSI 02:02:26 02/17/04 (0)
- Re: Room with a View was quite charming. nt - patrickU 06:32:05 02/03/04 (0)
- Re: Over rated, yes, but not "most" (nt) - rico 05:59:41 02/01/04 (0)