[Penny]

I was watching the end of the making of Whale rider movie the other night, and I was quite impressed with the director lady.. darn forgot her name!

Anyway I thought it was brillant she didn't have that typical NZ modest thing going on. She was completley and utterly proud of what she and her team had achieved with the film.

[Sparklechick]

I loved Whalerider. Went to see it at the movies and to be honest it wasn't my first choice in movie, but, we had just missed the start of the movie we wanted to see so decided to see Whalerider. I came out of the theatre quite touched by the movie and now recommend it to everyone. i bought the DVD for my Gran and she loved it too. Even shed a few tears here and there.

[Penny]

I enjoyed the movie, I saw it in Perth with my Dad & Aunt, who miss NZ. My Dad spent quite a bit of time teaching around that area. They really liked it. I cried in her speech. I think it is definitley something the people who made it can be proud of.

We were watching it in an outdoor theatre which was really neat, by the river it was cool. It was funny becuase there are some jokes in there that if your not a NZer you wouldn't get and other things (Like the curtain tied in a knot etc) that they found funny, we were all laughing and all these aussies were looking at us like we were crazy!

Niki Coro is the directors name I think... it just came to me.