No. 2

PG

2006

1 hr. 34 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

58%

12 Reviews

Tomatometer

75%

500+ Ratings

Audience Score

The matriarch of a family has a large dinner to name her successor.

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A sweet and lovely film about Fijians and other islanders in Aotearoa.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Not as powerful as some other NZ connected movies but a nice gang hanging around...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

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. :)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

A sweet and lovely film about Fijians and other islanders in Aotearoa.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Naming Number Two peddles familial reconciliation while making one pine for familial annihilation.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 27, 2007

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Assured handling and an appealing cast make this a deserving crowd-pleaser.

Jan 31, 2006

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Dorothy Woodend

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. . .No.2, a rollicking, raunchy tale of the ties that bind.

Aug 23, 2017

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

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.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 2, 2016

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Donald J. Levit

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

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.

Apr 23, 2008

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

An involving story, even if the story structure betrays its stage roots.

Rated: 3.5/5

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Synopsis

The matriarch of a family has a large dinner to name her successor.

Director: Toa Fraser
Executive Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Screenwriter: Toa Fraser
Rating: PG (Smoking|Brief Violence|Sensuality|Language|Thematic Material)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English