Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Riccy is a problem child – having been given up by his birth mother he has ping ponged from care to foster homes all his short life. Then he is accepted by a larger than life woman in the shape of Bella. She is wed to curmudgeonly old Hec – (Sam Neil) who is less than impressed with the new arrival.

Life has a way of throwing the unexpected at us and so it does here resulting in Hec and Riccy sort of going into the Bush but being pursued by an over zealous child care officer and what looks like half the police in new Zealand – what unfolds is a funny and moving story that will hopefully warm the cockles of your heart.

I really enjoyed this – it is one of those films where you can just sit back and enjoy. Everyone is great and little Julian Denison as Riccy was superb. This sort of works for the whole family too so pretty much gets to tick all the boxes – completely recommended.