Trouble Is My Business

I worked at Aorere [College] as the Arts Coordinator for six months before I started shooting, so the teachers all knew me and many of the students had seen me around the school. I can also be quite shy when I first meet people and I think this worked in my favour as it meant the students weren’t intimidated by me. I think the kids and their parents could tell I was a genuine person; they trusted Mr Peach, and Mr Peach trusted me. The main reason though is that I was filming for so long that everyone just forgot about me.

– Director Juliette Veber, in an interview with Flicks, 1 June 2008

[The film] shows us that this refreshingly blunt and honest man genuinely cares about each and every one of the students, and will not stand for even one of them being left behind by a system that sometimes loses patience too early with those who need it the most. This is a terrific piece of work — funny, entertaining, occasionally downright moving.

– Graeme Tuckett describes the film's subject Gary Peach in a four star review, The Dominion Post, 13 August 2009