Uproar

2023

Action / Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 84% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1831 1.8K

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Plot summary

A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.

Director

Paul Middleditch Photo
Paul Middleditch

Top cast

Minnie Driver Photo
Minnie Driver
Mana Hira Davis Photo
Mana Hira Davis as Riot Police Chief
Julian Dennison Photo
Julian Dennison as Josh Waaka
Mark Mitchinson Photo
Mark Mitchinson as Principal Slane
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1012.31 MB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 1
2.03 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by danieljfarthing 8 / 10

Terrific, packed, '80s-based NZ coming-of-age drama

In '80s-based NZ drama "Uproar" half-Maori teen Julian Dennison (great) struggles both at his mainly white school and at home where Brit mum Minnie Driver fights to keep the family afloat after her Maori hubbie's death and older bro James Rolleston pines a rugger career crushed by injury. Through teacher Rhys Darby (good) Dennison naturally exels at drama (set against the rugger he has to play) while in backdrop South Africa's NZ rugger tour stokes racial tensions that bite home via the likes of Dennison's pal Jada Fa'atui. Co-director (with Paul Misdleditch) Hamish Bennett and co-writer Sonia Whiteman pack plenty in, but it works. It's a terrific movie.
Reviewed by gordonandsheryn 10 / 10

Stunning

Have just watched this amazing movie and was stunned by the incredible acting from all involved and by an excellent script. As an old codger that was involved in the protest movement which was central to this movie I was touched and moved by the way it was interwoven into the story. Julian Dennison and James Rolleston deserve international recognition for their acting not only in this film but in their previous roles. They are truly gifted. The film is so poignant not only because of the issues it portrays but because they are still relevant today 42 years after the rugby tour of 1981. My film of the year with out a doubt. Highly recommended.
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