2007 · comedy · drama · romance
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
Directed by Taika Waititi1h 27m2007
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
Our read: Eagle vs Shark (2007) (2007) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive comedy · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- inventive
- intimate
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