BOY World Cinema

The year is 1984 and 11-yeor-old Boy is a dreamer who spends his days idolizing Michael Jackson, fantasizing about his first hickey and inventing memories of his absent t hug father. When dad return s home in a cool muscle car and leather jacket, Boy is determined to please him. Meanwhile, Boy’s younger brother, Rocky, fancies him self a superhero and a sprawling brood of cousins expect Boy to fix them supper. As Boy gradually realizes that his father has a complete lock of parenting skills, he is forced to for get an d forgive his hero in order to fin d his own potential. In a film that abounds in wonderful-terrible King of Pop impersonations, oil the actors inhabit their roles with joy and bumbling grace. Stepping lightly between over-the-top comedy and gentle naturalism, writer/director Taika Waititi’s heart-tugging story explores the elusive moment when a boy starts to make the choices that determine the man he will become.