You can't see the forest for the twee in writer-director Taika Waititi's thicket of cutesy conceits, from the stunted supporting characters to the precious animated interludes.
Eagle vs Shark
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New Zealand · 2007
Rated R · 1h 27m
Director Taika Waititi
Starring Loren Taylor, Jemaine Clement, Joel Tobeck, Rachel House
Genre Comedy, Romance
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Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra-large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod’s party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod’s hometown with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
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The New York Times by A.O. Scott
Intermittently charming, sometimes tiresome celebration of quirkiness.
It's a perfectly cheerful time at the movies, without any hint of drama or surprise.
Los Angeles Times by Carina Chocano
As it turns out, spending a couple of hours with emotionally arrested, socially moronic characters is not a whole lot more fun than spending a couple of hours with actual emotionally arrested, socially moronic people.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
There are occasional nice moments scattered throughout, but this is mostly a big, uncomfortable cartoon focused on the twisted attraction between two caricatures.
The Hollywood Reporter by James Greenberg
More dumb than funny.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
It's a tale that reduces angst, not to mention love, to a generational tic.
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
What rescues Eagle vs. Shark is its focus on Lily. Although Horsley overdoes the winsomeness, she is genuinely appealing. Love erases Lily's geekiness and in its place stands an attractive young woman.
Result is still innocuously mild and inconsequential.
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