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No. 2

Play trailer Poster for No. 2 PG 2006 1h 34m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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The matriarch of a family has a large dinner to name her successor.

Critics Reviews

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Nick Schager Slant Magazine 07/27/2007
1/4
Naming Number Two peddles familial reconciliation while making one pine for familial annihilation. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety 01/31/2006
Assured handling and an appealing cast make this a deserving crowd-pleaser. Go to Full Review
Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) 08/23/2017
. . .No.2, a rollicking, raunchy tale of the ties that bind. Go to Full Review
Nora Lee Mandel Maven's Nest 01/02/2016
8/10
May be the first feature about Fijian immigrants, let alone in New Zealand, but its delightful portrait of an extended family can be universally appreciated. Go to Full Review
Donald J. Levit ReelTalk Movie Reviews 04/23/2008
There's food for thought in 'Naming Number Two,' but staginess in conception and acting, bad pacing, and triteness are together too much to overcome. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 08/07/2007
3.5/5
An involving story, even if the story structure betrays its stage roots. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Garry hung neville 10/20/2024 I had a wank when I watched this movie at Shanes house. Wonderful film and very relatable. See more 08/15/2012 A sweet and lovely film about Fijians and other islanders in Aotearoa. See more 02/08/2011 Some awkward scenes don't work, and the Christian message is a bit odious, but I really quite enjoyed myself otherwise. The women are marvellous, especially Blake and Novotny, and the final shot is extraordinary. See more 01/22/2011 Not as powerful as some other NZ connected movies but a nice gang hanging around... See more 05/27/2010 This was a first for me. I'm not used to this type of cultural films. This posed a very authentic family with very real characters that people can see today and relate to. I'd say this is a good movie with good intentions. Just that being a first for me, it was like I got hit by a bus. I had to get used to it. The start might hit you hard but the end would leave you satisfied. :) See more 07/03/2009 A life in the day of a family. And indeed a quite chaotic one - the life as well as the day as well as the family. Nothing really spectacular is happening; however, Toa Fraser and the actors of this movie draw you inside and in the end you feel like you have known all those different and often difficult characters for quite a while. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The matriarch of a family has a large dinner to name her successor.
Director
Toa Fraser
Producer
Philippa Campbell, Lydia Livingstone, Timothy White
Screenwriter
Toa Fraser
Rating
PG (Smoking|Brief Violence|Sensuality|Language|Thematic Material)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 34m