"Not any more you haven't - you're a boxer."
This gentle and thoughtful New Zealand indie coming-of-age drama tells the story of an alcoholic ex-fighter (Tim Roth) who trains his teen son (Jordan Oosterhof) to follow in his footsteps for his first small-scale professional fight, as the boy's developing relationship with a young lone-wolf gay Maori (Conan Hayes) creates tensions. The film explores small-town attitudes and masculinity with reasonable success, but it is the more personal journeys of the three main characters that truly work here, with the mix of artfully-shot landscapes and low-key but sensitive performances by all three leads playing well, all leading to a hauntingly beautiful ending.
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