Looking for a quirky movie about a foster kid that is set in the wilds of New Zealand? I’ve got the film for you. Check out Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. I’d never heard of the movie, but became interested when I saw the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes–98% approval from movie critics and 92% approval from audiences.

The humor is strange but funny. I’m sure I missed lots of New Zealander inside jokes. In fact, I needed to turn on subtitles to understand the scant dialogue that was peppered with understated humor. For example, the foster child, Ricky Baker, expresses his feeling via bizarre haikus.

My only quibble with the movie happened about three-quarters of the way through. The story had been proceeding in a mostly believable, nuanced manner then the story line went all Hollywood with the preposterous appearance of helicopters/soliders/police/a car chase, etc. The very end circled back to reality.

Will you exercise a lot of brain cells while watching this movie? Nope. Is the ending predictable? Yes. Did I enjoy the movie? Yes. I felt as if I’d taken a little trip to New Zealand and learned a tiny bit about some of its citizens. And, I plan to watch it again to see if I can puzzle out some of those inside jokes.