Hunt for the Wilderpeople

About Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a 2016 comedy film directed by Taika Waititi. At 101 minutes long, it arrived in January 2016.

Sam Neill takes the lead as Hec, Julian Dennison as Ricky, Rima Te Wiata as Bella, and Rachel House as Paula. Written by Taika Waititi. It was produced by Defender Films and Piki Films. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under nature, countryside, wilderness, and new zealand. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV in the United States.

The Revenant, The Fox and the Hound, and The Mountain Between Us make useful companions to Hunt for the Wilderpeople, all filed under coming of age. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 2,422 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.