Anthony Hopkins deserves, at least, an academy award nomination for this performance.

Rating: 8/10 (4 December 2005)

Seen in a NZ cinema and twice on flight from Auckland to LAX! Why delay until 2006 the US release of this wonderful film? Anthony Hopkins deserves a Best Actor Academy Nomination for his performance. Some may quibble, but, in my opinion, he perfectly captures the Kiwi spirit. The trip from New Zealand to Los Angeles to Bonneville is like a modern version of 'The Canterbury Tales'. It is a series of vignettes illustrating slices of life in New Zealand, at sea and in the USA. These may not portray life in the 1950s very well, but they are certainly relevant today. We can all forgive the artistic license. These scenes carry the film with humor, pathos and passion. A big Hurrah(!) for Hopkins, Roger Donaldson the filmmaker and the entire crew.