Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	June 15, 2007 (LA/NY) June 22, 2007 (Moderate)
On DVD:	January 8, 2008
Genre:	Comedy
Director:	Taika Waititi
Writer:	Taika Waititi
Cast:	Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Brian Sergent, Rachel House, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck, Jackie van Beek
Studio:	Miramax Films
Official site:	eaglevsshark.net
Running Time:	87 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for language, some sexuality, and brief animated violence

"Eagle Vs. Shark," directed by Academy Award®-nominee Taika Waititi (the short, "Two Cars One Night"), is a wry comedy that chronicles the quirky romance of two awkward misfits, Lily (Loren Horsley), a shy fast-food restaurant cashier, and her crush, Jarrod (Jemaine Clement, HBO's "One Night Stand: The Flight of the Conchords"), an electronic store clerk. On the day Lily gets fired from her job at Meaty Boy, she musters up the courage to attend Jarrod's...

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Eagle vs. Shark, a quirky romantic comedy from New Zealand, arrives on DVD on Tuesday. Most easily compared to a slightly more realistic Napoleon Dynamite, the movie benefits from some pretty weird characters and situations but suffers from the fact that it is essentially a not-as-funny version of that film.

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