Whale Rider
20031h 41mPG-13 · MPAA
Directed by Niki Caro · Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes & Rawiri Paratene
91%Rotten Tomatoes7.5IMDb80Metacritic
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
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— Critical consensus, summarised
Niki Caro's quietly powerful Maori-set family drama — Keisha Castle-Hughes was the youngest Best Actress Oscar nominee at the time. Critics universally adored its restraint and the closing whale-riding sequence.
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