Synopsis
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
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Cast
- Loren TaylorLily
- Jemaine ClementJarrod
- Joel TobeckDamon
- Brian SergentJonah
- Craig HallDoug
- Rachel HouseNancy
- Morag HillsVinny
- Bernard StewartZane
- Taika WaititiGordon
- David FaneEric Elisi
Recommendations
- 75
Christian Science Monitor
What rescues Eagle vs. Shark is its focus on Lily. Although Horsley overdoes the winsomeness, she is genuinely appealing. Love erases Lily's geekiness and in its place stands an attractive young woman. - 75
USA Today
Unlike so many big-studio films that pass off models in horn-rimmed glasses as nerds, this little New Zealand gem embraces the inner geek and, just as effectively, celebrates misfit love. - 60
Salon
It's a perfectly cheerful time at the movies, without any hint of drama or surprise. - 50
ReelViews
There are occasional nice moments scattered throughout, but this is mostly a big, uncomfortable cartoon focused on the twisted attraction between two caricatures. - 50
The New York Times
Intermittently charming, sometimes tiresome celebration of quirkiness. - 50
Los Angeles Times
As it turns out, spending a couple of hours with emotionally arrested, socially moronic characters is not a whole lot more fun than spending a couple of hours with actual emotionally arrested, socially moronic people. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
It's a tale that reduces angst, not to mention love, to a generational tic. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
More dumb than funny.
