The Hunter

Name: The Hunter
Genre: Animation
Released: 2012-06-01

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72%

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62%

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Storyline

In this stop motion sand animation, a lone hunter undertakes a search for a missing boy deep in the snow covered mountains. THE HUNTER premiered at SXSW in 2012, has featured in competition at over 50 international festivals and won several awards including the AFI/ AACTA in 2013.

Trailers

Official Trailer

Details

DirectorMarieka Walsh

ReleasedJun 1, 2012

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$50K

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

5 fresh · 2 rotten

Critics consensus

“The Hunter occasionally suffers from predictability, but Willem Dafoe gives a terrific performance as an obsessive hunter on the trail of a mysterious beast.”

72% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Jason Bailey

RTDVDTalk.comApr 9, 2016

It's a character study, for the most part, allowing the complications and relationships to puncture the narrative only when they have finally penetrated the man.

Stanley Kauffmann

RTThe New RepublicJun 19, 2013

Its mostly observant temper keeps us from being greatly moved, but it holds us with its acute, almost laboratory dissection of its people's beings.

Steve Rose

RTGuardianJul 5, 2012

Dafoe is eminently watchable, and for the most part it's a distinctive, atmospheric movie that cherishes the persistence of mystery.

Ed Travis

RTHollywood JesusMar 31, 2020

The Hunter unfolds at a perfect pace and rests on a really strong script.