Sundance. Eagle vs Shark.

"A terrific and fun comedy that acts almost as a companion to Broken English, Taika Waititi's Eagle vs Shark follows Lily (Loren Horsley), a shy fast food cashier with a crush on video game store employee Jarrod (Jemaine Clement), a moron trapped in the glittering cage of his own past," writes Tom Hall.

"[D]espite its Kiwi provenance, this romcom-cum-family ensemble piece has the quirky yet life-affirming sensibility synonymous with the festival stamped through it like a stick of rock," writes Ben Walters for Time Out. "Still, it has a definite local flavor about it, with New Zealand's characteristic good-natured doziness ably represented by Lily (Loren Horsley)."

Michael Lerman at indieWIRE: "Sweet, saccharine and stiltedly hilarious, Eagle vs Shark, though downbeat, hits many of the right notes to reach a wide audience and still feel charmingly small in scale despite the fact that it is co-funded by Miramax."

IndieWIRE interviews Waititi.

Coverage of the coverage: The Park City Index.

Posted by dwhudson at January 31, 2007 3:02 PM