The movie's idea of funny is giving the two lovers identical moles bordering their upper lips.
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07/27/07
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Eagle Vs. Shark (2007)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:11
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Though there are frequent moments of wit and mordant humor, Eagle vs Shark needs more to distinguish itself from other precious, Napoleon Dynamite-ish comedies.
Theatrical Release:Jun 15, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $142,513
Synopsis: Which is the more dangerous predator: an eagle or a shark? That's a trick question. Don't try to answer it. You'll have your own opinion by the end of Taika Waititi's deliciously tangy, deadpan... [More]
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Loren Horsley, Brian Sergent, Joel Tobeck
Director: Taika Waititi
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Reviews for Eagle Vs. Shark
Top CriticYes, the nerdy loser thing has been done to death, but writer-director Taika Cohen brings surprising depth to this film...Napoleon Dynamite dreams of being this movie.
07/13/07
Top CriticSo the only real argument I can make for Eagle vs. Shark, a stupid-absurdist comedy from New Zealand, is that I laughed a lot, often despite myself, and that while I might not be able to wholly justify it, I can mount a questionable defense.
07/13/07
Top CriticI think this film was already made, and it was called Napoleon Dynamite.
07/06/07
Top CriticEagle vs. Shark might have seemed amusingly original, albeit in a self-consciously quirky, indie-movie kind of way, if Napoleon Dynamite didn't already exist.
07/06/07
Top CriticThe movie is so self-consciously odd and twee it's hard to connect with the sad-sack characters. Waititi borrowed the formula for Dynamite but created a damp firecracker.
07/05/07
Top CriticSorely lacks is a genuine sense of humanity.
06/22/07
Top CriticIf you just can't get enough of watching a waif being mistreated for comic effect, by all means go see Eagle vs. Shark.
06/22/07
Top CriticA disturbing film trying to diguise itself as a quirky romantic comedy. There are indeed some laugh-out-loud moments; unfortunately most of the laughs are aimed at -- not with -- the misfits.
06/22/07
Top CriticFloats by on a mood of concerned and puckish good will.
06/22/07
Top CriticThe tone and tenor of Waititi's effort are quieter, gentler [than Napoleon Dynamite]. This is low-key stuff, but strangely, goofily endearing.
06/21/07
Top CriticYou believe in it, because you believe in the small but decent lives of its characters, a rare experience for a hot weekend in June.
06/21/07
Top CriticOne of those movies that invite you to laugh at its misfit characters and empathize with them at the same time.
06/15/07
Top CriticIt becomes increasingly difficult to care one way or another about characters who act like they have undergone frontal lobotomies.
06/15/07
Top CriticA pleasing New Zealand gloss on Napoleon Dynamite, full of geek posturing, sweet weirdness and disarmingly modest goals.
06/15/07
Top CriticScornful laughs are cheap laughs, and although [director] Waititi allows a few moments of gentle sweetness, he takes the easy way out too often.
06/15/07
Top CriticThe film's absurdist dialogue is consistently funny.
06/14/07
Top CriticEagle vs. Shark is the kind of movie Hollywood should make but rarely does.
06/14/07
Top CriticEagle vs Shark has its own distinctive style, partly thanks to whimsical little interludes of animation, but mainly because it ties blithe absurdity to a rock bed of emotional truth.
06/14/07
Top CriticIt sure feels like [director] Waititi got a look at Napoleon Dynamite a few dozen times on video and decided, heck, I can do that, and with cuter accents too.
06/14/07
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