I watched Hunt For The Wilderpeople(2016).
It’s a comedy adventure. The film is set in New Zealand and is about a foster kid called Ricky Baker who gets into trouble often and gets rejected by foster families. At the beginning of the film Paula Hall from the state services drives Ricky to a house on a little hill. Ricky’s new foster mother, Bella greets them but Ricky is unimpressed. He goes straight back to the car which is funny and sad at the same time.
Ricky is used to living in cities so feels a lot of freedom in the countryside. On Ricky’s 13th birthday Bella makes a happy birthday song while playing a toy piano which was very funny. Ricky gets a pet dog as a birthday present and names it Tupac.
Ricky tries to run away and burns a fake corpse of himself but manages to burn down an entire shed which was funny too. Hector finds Ricky in the morning and while they’re having an argument Hector trips on a tree root and twists his leg.
Hector makes a camp and rests for a few days. But then they start getting chased by the police and military because Hector is suspected of abusing Ricky. Ricky doesn’t want to go back to his jail-like life in an orphanage so Hector and Ricky go on the run.
The landscapes in the film are really beautiful and dream-like. I thought Ricky was a very funny boy and Hector was amazing at navigating in the wilderness. The actor for Hector was Sam Neill who was Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films. Hunt for the Wilderpeople was a very chaotic funny film that made me want to go and explore in the New Zealand wilderness one day.
The film is based on a book called Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump which I would like to read one day.
What are your favourite comedy or adventure films?