FRESH MEAT (2012) Movie Review

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Fresh Meat (2012) d. Danny Mulheron (New Zealand) (95 min) (2nd viewing)

A enjoyable if uneven Kiwi horror/comedy mash-up of dysfunctional family values and second-tier career criminals, with a solid stripe of meat-munching right down the middle. Before coming home during school semester break, fresh-faced Rina (Hanna Tevita) is introduced in the girls shower room borrowing her stall-mate’s soap and all that this entails. Her cooking show TV-star mom (Nicola Kawana) and Maori-studies professor dad (Temeura Morrison) are unaware of their little girl’s Sapphic tendencies, but they’ve got bigger problems on their plate, er, bigger fish to fry, um, they like to have their neighbors for dinner... Oh, hell, they’re cannibals, a fact that Rina discovers just before a ragtag band of wackadoo crooks fresh from a jailbreak come banging on the door looking for a place to hold up until the heat dies down.

FRESH MEAT (2012) movie review

Fresh Meat (2012) d. Mulheron, Danny (New Zealand)

A terrific Kiwi horror/comedy mash-up of dysfunctional family values and second tier career criminals, with a solid stripe of meat-munching right down the middle. Before coming home during school semester break, luscious Hanna Tevita is introduced in the girls shower room borrowing her stall-mate’s soap and all that this entails. Cooking show TV star mom Nicola Kawana and Maori studies professor dad Temeura Morrison are unaware of their little girl’s Sapphic tendencies, but they’ve got bigger problems on their plate, er, bigger fish to fry, um, they like to have their neighbors for dinner... Oh, hell, they’re cannibals, a fact that Tevita discovers just before a ragtag band of wackadoo crooks fresh from a jailbreak come banging on the door looking for a place to hold up until the heat dies down.