
Flicks, Liam Maguren
Small-town Kiwi films can be difficult to recommend to people who aren’t actually from those small towns. Despite good intentions, these productions have a habit of feeling a bit too straight-to-TV, written with a bit too much cheese-n-corn, and relying a bit too much on non-actors. This Kaipara Harbour tale does suffer from all these things, but never too much. Thankfully, it has enough humour and community charm to make for a pleasant 85-minute watch.
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