Damian Cannon is another of the web's movie critics moved by the brute power of this film to publish a number of words to that very effect here.

Desson Howe, writer for the Washington Post in his review here observes that this film's "dark themes apply to the oppressed all over the world".

Entertainment publication offers a critique of this New Zealand film dealing with the hardships of a Maori family.

San Francisco news publication offers a review of this New Zealand film about a family trying to cope with several painful problems.