What a contrast with the living, who Boy and his pal observe from the shadows as they hang out on the porch of a store, get drunk, smoke weed and kill time. A film like this would have little chance without the right casting, and James Rolleston is so right as Boy, it's difficult to imagine anyone else.
Waititi apparently found him as an extra on the film and substituted him only two days before shooting began for the lead actor he'd already cast. Like many child actors, he has a natural quality adults can only envy. Waititi himself is also crucial in the film; he's an irresponsible dad but not cruel or indifferent, and he extracts low-key humor from the character. It's not a surprise to learn he's a stand-up comic in New Zealand.
The question the film doesn't need to pose is: What direction will Boy's life take? Rocky seems already pulled toward art. Boy's imagination was occupied by his father, until he met him. Now what? Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. James Rolleston as Boy. Te Aho Eketone-Whitu as Rocky.
Taika Waititi as Alamein. Cherilee Martin as Kelly. Reviews A boy who is raising himself. Roger Ebert April 25, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. Freeland Tomris Laffly. A Cop Movie Glenn Kenny. Hypnotic Christy Lemire. Night Raiders Simon Abrams. Film Credits. Pokey Toehair - A red, orange, and purple-colored furred friend.
He also harbors a deep love and obsession for his very, thick coat of fur , and it sometimes causes him grief. Also, his coat often gets hot outside while during the summer , although his coat does not give everyone else allergies , and he also hangs out in the home's attic alone while during that type of season.
Also, he likes smooth jazz music, and he also has a talent for playing the saxophone. Mabel Licorice - A red and pink-colored bear-like dragon friend with freckles on her face. She also has a sarcastic pre-teen personality, and she also likes sweets. She is also very mischievous, and she can also jump rope really well, as seen in Big Fat Awesome House Party. Iris - A many-eyed friend with one singular vision. Also, she has a talent for art , and she likes fashion and home decor. She is also talented for finding lost stuff, making her the home's resident detective.
The Tortoise in the Air - A tortoise that wears a helmet and goggles and has a mini-spaceship for a body, and can fly really fast. His name is a pun of "The Tortoise and the Hare". Scissors - A scissors -shaped friend with long eyelashes. He enjoys the game of tag , and is Mr. Herriman's official document shredder. He is also the home's resident barber. Also, he likes to read mystery novels , and he also likes to listen to country music , while during his downtime.
He is also a best friend to many of the hairier friends at Foster's. Also, he is named after the sentence, which is, "Never run with scissors". Boris the Florist - A purple-colored friend with a tuff of black hair on the top of his head.
He also likes floral arrangement , and he also likes to give Madame Foster a weekly gift of fresh flowers from his own, personal garden in the home's backyard. He is also known for maintaining all of the floral bouquets throughout the home. Rodney Squiddlebeak - A blue-colored squid friend who wears a top hat on the top of his head, along with glasses.
He often likes to have high tea with Mr. Herriman, and he also abides cucumber sandwiches that Frankie makes. Also, he can do various accents , such as an English gentleman or a street-smart wise guy from New Jersey. He is also talented for playing board games that involve spelling , and if he is about to loose, he will spray the opponent that he is playing with ink , and will also toss over the game board.
Sloppy Moe - A dirty slob-like slug friend. He also likes monster trucks and professional wrestling , and also, his favorite food is beef jerky. Also, he dislikes waste collectors, and he was also created by an equally grubby boy, but also, in "Good Wilt Hunting", his creator was a businessman. Charlie the Chicken Leg - A chicken leg -shaped friend. He does not like to be eaten, and he often hides with the other food-shaped friends while everyone is having dinner. He also mostly has nightmares recalling his time spent at a weight loss camp with his creator.
He was best known for speaking, as seen in "Dinner is Swerved". Creaky Pete - A grizzled old-bearded friend who always sits in a rocking chair that creaks, hence his name.
He is also one of the most laid back of everyone else at Foster's. He also likes to tell stories, and he also speaks with a southern drawl.
Also, he can carve stuff really well, and along with a knife. Clumsy - A pink-colored, potato sack-wearing elephant friend. He is also accident-prone, and mostly trips, falls, and stumbles.
He also likes to take showers , and he also has a talent for singing , while taking them. Also, he is a friend of Eduardo, and like him, likes potatoes. Phineus B. Vurm - A worm -like human friend.
He is also the home's resident bookworm , and he often has his eyes closed, but in two scenes and in one scene of "Phone Home" and "Setting a President", he had them open.
He is also known for being armed with one of the highest IQ's at the home. His name may be a pun of the name "Phineas". Don Lickles - A tongue -shaped friend with tongues for feet. He often gets tastes of what the home is all about. He also acts as the home's resident janitor , and he does not like it, but will not do it when Frankie does it, mopping them clean. Ringo Rango - A weird-looking, blue-colored friend with a mop of hair, which matches his skin color. He is also a walking, talking pop-culture machine, and like Mr.
Herriman, speaks with a British accent, which is really thicker than his. He also likes pop music , and of course, sweaters. Also, everyone else at the home cannot understand what he is saying, but that never stops him from talking a lot. Piggy - A buck-toothed, three-eyed pig friend who likes everything about food. He also likes to read cookbooks , watch cooking shows on TV, and even paint pictures of fruits and vegetables , which he probably would eat.
It may be hinted that he was brought to Foster's by Wilt, who found him at a grocery store , eating his way through the entire potato chip aisle, and he, like Charlie the Chicken Leg, was seen in "Dinner is Swerved". He is also known for his enormous appetite. Dusty - A red and black-colored fur ball friend who has legs. He is also a carefree leader of a group of other fur ball friends at the home.
Also, he often likes to read books or watch old black and white movies. He also has a great sense of humor, and he also likes to play pranks on everyone else at Foster's, along with his gang of fur ball friends, and he is also known for saying, "They don't make 'em like they used to! Myopic Patootie - A yellow-colored animal-like friend with an eye on the back of his bottom. Everyone else at the home often makes fun of him, but they never do it often. Yogi Boo Boo - A green imaginary friend with yellow spots.
He has a round body and a long, giraffe-like neck and a stringy green mustache that moves whenever he talks. He speaks with an Indian accent. Burple Bear - A width-sized light purple-colored teddy bear -like giant friend, who often smiles a lot, but occasionally frowns in several episodes that he appears in.
He is also one of the residents at the home to never speak. Also, his name may be a pun of the word "Purple Bear". Vic Trolla - A trumpet -like record player friend. Also, he is one of the residents at the home to never speak, like Burple Bear, and also, his name may be a pun on the word victrola. Jethro Precious - A barrel along with flowers-wearing leafless, tree -shaped friend. Also, like Boris the Florist, he has a tuff of black hair on the top of his head. ZZ Pops - Another grizzled old-bearded friend who has a white mustache and wears sunglasses.
His body appearance may be similar to someone who appears in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Galoot Palooka - A dark purple-colored caveman friend. Like Boris the Florist and Jethro Precious, he has a tuff of black hair on the top of his head. Suckallupagus - A purple and pink-colored vacuum like friend, and like Mr. Edmonton, he looks like an animal. He is also known for appearing in the very beginning of the episode "The Trouble with Scribbles". Nose Allison - A blue-colored, nose -faced kangaroo friend.
Like all other kangaroos, she has a joey that sits in her pouch. Spritz Coleman - A gray-colored raincloud -shaped friend. Also, like Burple Bear and Vic Trolla, he is one of the residents at the home to never speak.
Clambake - A white-colored bone -like friend who wears a bow tie. Like Phineus B. Vurm, he is very smart, and they both seem to be best friends , as seen in "Setting a President". Pinecone Cola - A dark red-colored dragon-like lizard friend. Also, in "Good Wilt Hunting", his creator is revealed to be a teenage girl who has the same hair color as him, who seems to have a crush on him. Also, that his name implies, his bellybutton is always shown, and he also wears a shirt that is too big for him, which he never complains about.
He is also one of the residents to never speak, which also include Burple Bear, Vic Trolla, and Spritz Coleman, and also, his name may be a pun of the Rockafire Explosion character, "Billy Bob Broccoli". Dyno - A purple-colored, sweater wearing dinosaur friend. Also, like Phineus B. Chester n' Nester - A pair of friends that consists of a beige-colored raven -like human friend Chester and a orange-colored fur ball friend with the style of legs and feet that that the characters Lazlo, Raj, and Clam have from Camp Lazlo , and the arms and hands that the Disney character Mickey Mouse has, and is also nested inside his cowboy hat Nester.
Like Creaky Pete, they both speak with southern drawls. Also, whenever Chester speaks a long sentence, Nester will often pop out to repeat the middle, end, or both of the sentence, which is how the Mirmo!
They are also a parody of the Dr. Seuss characters, the Cat in the Hat , and his assistants, the Little Cats. Jimmy Shoes - Another fur ball friend with alien antennas and legs, and the shoes that he is wearing on his feet are somewhat similar to the shoes that Wilt wears on his feet.
Also, he is also known for appearing in "Bad Dare Day". Unknown Friend - A weird-looking friend with a paper mask for a head and with a rubber chicken body for a body. Keystone Blop Chief Hoseynose - Another elephant friend who is dressed up like a firefighter.
He was also known for appearing in one of the videos that the friends uploaded on the ViewTube website in the episode "Bloo Tube", in which he was watching TV while eating cookies and milk , and which he was interrupted by Frankie and Mabel Licorice.
Socket Tubey - A television -like creature friend who has TV antennas for arms and hands, a vehicle 's tire for movement, and a sock puppet for a head and a face.
Also, like Scissors, he also has girly eyes. Also, when every time when he is shown, his television screen body often features a couple dancing together or about ready to kiss. Pisgetti - Another one-eyed friend who looks very similar to Jackie Khones, but instead has a fat body with his mouth located on the very top of it. Fridgy - A refrigerator friend who always looks worried. He was also known for making a small cameo in "Partying is Such Sweet Soiree", and also being the only character in the end credits of that same episode.
Myron Giant - Another width-sized robot friend. He was also known for participating in the "Dare Cup" in which his dare features that he tries to eat pickles , making him refuse, and making Bloo win his "Dare Match" with him, as seen in "Bad Dare Day".
Also, his name may be a pun of the movie title, The Iron Giant. Stoolie Dan - A blue-colored, polka-dotted turtle -like stool friend, hence his name and also, his name may also be a reference to the band Steely Dan. He was also known for appearing in "Bloo Done It", in which that features him cheering with everyone else for the news. Also, he is one of the many lesser-known residents at the home to never speak. Madame Mustachio - Another weird-looking green-colored friend.
She was also known for appearing as one of the residents in the group photo in "The Big Picture". Also, she may look very similar to Jackie Khones and Pisgetti, but instead has a green mustache, hence her name. She is also one of the residents at the home to never speak, and if she did spoke, she might have a voice sounding very similar to Ms. Chameleon, another character from My Gym Partner's a Monkey. Jambalaya - A purple-colored octopus -like creature friend, and like Medusa having snakes in place of hair.
Also, she was best known speaking in "World Wide Wabbit", and whenever she speaks, she might speak like Homsar from Homestar Runner. Geisel Moptop - An imaginary friend with wheels, and pink hair.
His only line is "Aah!! Cowboy Cow - A cow-like imaginary friend with a cowboy hat. He is mostly shown at the end of the table at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Doodle - Stick figure imaginary friend. Pirate Pig - Pig imaginary friend dressed as a pirate. Jim Centaurino - Green centaur imaginary friend.
Crayon - Crayon imaginary friend.
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