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Whale Rider
Directed by
Niki Caro
PG-13
2003
1h 41m
Drama
,
Family
7.5
91%
88%
7.0
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A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
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Cast of Whale Rider
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Paikea Apirana
Rawiri Paratene
Koro
Vicky Haughton
Nanny Flowers
Cliff Curtis
Porourangi
Grant Roa
Uncle Rawiri
Mana Taumaunu
Hemi
Rachel House
Shilo
Taungaroa Emile
Willie
Tammy Davis
Dog
Mabel Wharekawa
Maka
Rawinia Clarke
Miro
Tahei Simpson
Miss Parata
Roi Taimana
Hemi's Dad
Elizabeth Skeen
Rehua
Rutene Spooner
Parekura
John Sumner
Obstetrician
Jane O'Kane
Anne
Niki Caro
Director / Screenplay
Tim Sanders
Producer
Frank Hübner
Producer
Whale Rider Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Excellent to watch and discuss as a family.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Newcomer Castle-Hughes' unaffected, confident turn makes it credible our heroine might retain her determination and self-worth despite serial setbacks.
Newsweek
David Ansen
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.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Caro seems less concerned with evoking the economic or socio-political baggage bringing the film's characters down than she is with telling the same sappy tale of patriarchal perseverance we've seen so many times before.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
The most effective and moving female empowerment movie in awhile.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A pitch-perfect example of how to craft a personally resonant film that speaks to all cultures at all times.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
[The story] is so simple that the audience gets ahead of it from the beginning.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
The film is closer to a feminist tract. And, like all propaganda, it wants to do all of your thinking for you.
Detroit News
Tom Long
It's enough to make you think people really can talk to whales.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
A whopping good yarn.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
A film of elegant simplicity that seamlessly combines reality and mythology. It's also one of the year's most beautiful films.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Whale Rider is one of those book-me -a-ticket yesterday movies.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
A whale of a tale.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
Refuses to get its toes wet, instead retreating into goody-goody fantasy.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Truly, this is a movie that sprints far beyond its traditional female empowerment roots and cements itself as one of the very best films of the year.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Features one of the finest child performances in years.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
A thoughtful, vivid spiritual coming-of-age story that transcends its particular cultural context.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
At its transporting best, Whale Rider seesaws between archetype and innocence -- it's a re-founding myth that happens in real time, before an audience's wondering eyes.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Watching this delightful film, one can see why it has been winning audience favorite awards at film festivals.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The genius of the movie is the way is sidesteps all of the obvious cliches of the underlying story and makes itself fresh, observant, tough and genuinely moving.
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