FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Whale Rider
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Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer91%as of 2024-05-31
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.8/10as of 2021-09-04
- Metacritic80/100as of 2024-03-02
What it is
Whale Rider is a 2002 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Niki Caro, based on the 1987 novel by Witi Ihimaera. The film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Kahu Paikea Apirana, a twelve-year-old Māori girl whose ambition is to become the chief of the tribe. Her grandfather believes that this is a role reserved for males only.
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- English
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