Taika Waititi Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

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Next Goal Wins review – chillingly eager to please

by Mark Asch

Taika Waititi’s feel-good comedy about the plight of a hapless Samoan football team strives for nothing more than maintaining the status quo.

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Thor: Love and Thunder

by Adam Woodward

Taika Waititi returns to the MCU five years after Thor: Ragnarok with a disappointing sequel sorely lacking in charm and imagination.

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Jojo Rabbit

by Jake Cole

Taika Waititi takes aim at the Third Reich (and contemporary fascism) in this paper-thin satire.

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Thor: Ragnarok

by David Jenkins

Superheroes go comedy as Taika Waititi brings some much needed heart, soul and humour to the Marvel universe.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople

by Anton Bitel

Taika Waititi lays on the charm in this storybook adventure yarn about a young Maori orphan.

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What We Do in the Shadows

by David Jenkins

The nocturnal activities of modern-day Wellington’s vampire community are captured in this mirthless mock doc.

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