Hunt for the Wilderpeople review: Sam Neill is warm and wise in New Zealand

theguardian.com

Following Sam Neill's recent death, attention has returned to his role in Taika Waititi's 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople. In the film, Neill plays Hector, a grouchy farmhand who flees into New Zealand's wilderness with foster teenager Ricky (Julian Dennison) after tragedy, while child welfare officer Paula (Rachel House) pursues them. Waititi adapted Barry Crump's 1986 novel Wild Pork and Watercress. The review describes it as a goofy mix of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Chaplin's The Kid, with Waititi's droll cameo as a vicar, and calls Neill's performance gentle and wise.


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