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Muru

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2023)

2022

Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Simone Kessell ...

Action. Drama Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his people, when the Government launches an armed raid through his Ruatoki community, on a school day.

	Author	Review
United States	Oliver Weir The Playlist	"While Kahi does reconstruct the Ruatoki raids with often stunning geographical and social accuracy, he also makes up a lot of things (...) The final effect is a heartening but excessive drama-cum-actioner"	POS
United Kingdom	Luke Buckmaster The Guardian	"Kahi comes admirably close and uses poetic licence for a noble purpose: speaking truth to power. Despite the spectacle, it's the human faces, particularly Curtis', that will linger most vividly (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"A justifiably angry depiction of New Zealand’s inherent racism"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"An accomplishment in tension, courtesy of a propulsive pace from Kahi (...) It's basically an action movie, and it works well as one, keeping up the pace while never losing the pro-Maori message of the film"	POS
Australia	Nadine Whitney The Curb	"As a piece of action cinema 'Muru' is effective and crisp, but as a condemnation of colonial and police overreach the film is uncompromising and distinctly powerful"	POS

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