Whale Rider Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 101 mins
- Year produced:
- 2002
- Director:
- Niki Caro
- Cast:
- Keisha Castle-Hughes
- Rawiri Paratene
- Vicky Haughton
Tradition causes trouble in a family when a young Maori girl wants to take up what she believes is her rightful place at the head of her tribe. Because the man standing in her way is her own grandfather - whose love for her is not enough to change his belief that only a boy could ever lead the tribe. Set in modern New Zealand, Whale Rider superbly shows happens when old-fashioned thinking gets in the way of people's potential.
- Average rating:
(21 votes)
Reviews
20 October 2008
lucy from The Derby High School Arts and Science College
this film was well sad…..i didn’t get all of it but from what i gathered it was realy good!!!
20 October 2008
rebecca from The Derby High School Arts and Science College
I realy enjoyed this film but some parts of it were realy sad but other parts were funny. i think the funnyest part was when pucka told the boys to take their shirt off and hold their b***. the young girl was very polite but i felt sorry for her at times when her grandad wasn’t being very nice to her.she done alot of things for other people and never put herself first.*!*!
20 October 2008
callum from The Derby High School Arts and Science College
I thaught it was BBBBOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGG witha capital B but it was funny in some wayes like when grampar told the bays to hold there balls
20 October 2008
luke from The Derby High School Arts and Science College
i thought it was one of the most amaising film ever that i have sean and i have sean lots of films
Fascinating facts
Many of Pai's swimming scenes were actually done by Keisha Castle-Hugh's stand in because Keisha could not swim.