Two lonely misfits discover the right match isn't always perfect in this decidedly quirky comedy.
Lily clock-watches as she works her shift at Meatboy Burger restaurant. She's an awkward soul, she doesn't fit in with the other employees and when a redundancy is decided by lots all the slips of paper bear her name. Things just keep getting worse for Lily but she is an unwavering optimist and as she sails through life on a rocky sea, she's grateful, because she's on a boat and some people in the world don't even get to ride on a boat.
Jarrod is more interested in Lily's pretty workmate, but really he's made for Lily. He's a loser too, a socially inept nerd. He hosts a fancy dress party where invitees come dressed as their favourite animals. Lily is a shark, Jarrod is an eagle, but maybe he'd prefer to be a cobra, he's not sure. One thing that is for sure is that Jarrod is the video game champion. That is of course only until Lily beats everyone, in third annual knockout competition. When she has to fight Jarrod in the final she's more interested in watching him, but when she loses Jarrod hasn't even noticed that she was only concentrating on him rather than the game. "It takes more than cool moves to defeat a champion." he tells her.
Lily and Jarrod are very clumsy in their affections for one another and even clumsier is their communication with each other. Theirs is possibly the strangest relationship you've ever seen on screen. And although the deadpan humour is funny at the beginning, as we watch these absurd characters the silliness begins to wear thin. No one actually lives this way. No one except maybe Napolean Dynamite and that's what Eagle Vs Shark is; a New Zealand take on Napolean Dynamite.
The problem with original comedies such as these is that maybe they are just original for the sake of originality and in being this way are just weird; maybe a little too weird and whether audiences will enjoy this film will strictly depend on their sensibilities. Eagle Vs Shark is undeniably funny; there are plenty of laughs on offer. But will you be laughing with Lily and Jarrod or at them? Does it matter? Perhaps not.
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Oddball romance. Debut feature from New Zealand director Taika Cohen, about a couple of social misfits who manage to find love. Lily (Loren Horsley), an outcast at the fast food restaurant where she works, meets Jarrod (Jemaine Clement), a nerdy geek who works at a local games store. Realising they have a shared passion in video games, romance blossoms, ultimately leading the pair back to Jarrod's hometown, where, with Lily in tow, he plans revenge on his old high school bully.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.
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