Celebrated short film director Taika Waititi's first feature is an offbeat comedy about two lonely misfits and their bumbling attempts to find love. Lily is a shy fast-food restaurant cashier with a crush on clueless gaming geek Jarrod. When Lily crashes Jarrod's fancy dress party wearing a shark costume and impresses the self-styled ‘Eagle Lord' with her gaming prowess, she gets her man, but their fledgling romance is sorely tested by Jarrod's obsession with a childhood nemesis.
Infamous for feigning sleep at the Academy Awards ceremony when the nomination for his short film Two Cars, One Night was announced, filmmaker Taika Waititi continued his singular career ...
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Whenua Films
Television, 2004 (Excerpts)
Taika Waititi appears in an episode from this series
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