“Washington does a lot of drunk acting and a lot of hungover acting, rarely unleashing that movie star smile.”

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“I know that this stuff happens in real life but something about the execution here — more melodrama? — meant I didn’t buy it for a minute.”

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“... cleverly manages to criticise Samoan culture at the same time as celebrating it — a culture that can deal with disputes by formal public speechmaking or by rocks and machetes but not much in between. For New Zealand audiences: not to be missed. For international audiences: not to be missed.”

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“There’s so much to dislike about this film — and yet I actually didn’t. I know I’m going to ‘film reviewer hell’ for this but I actually quite enjoyed it.”

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