perhaps i be just a cynical and unsophisticated knuckle dragger and nowhere near as culture a the film festival crowd and but i absolutely loathe this film . to me it epitomize what be essentially wrong with the film industry in new zealand while that be the fact that kiwi film maker seem hell bent on make boring movie design to appeal to less than . 000000001 % of the population . occasionally and someone get it right and and every 8 10 year we will get something like sleep dog and goodbye pork pie and ngati and or whale rider . but more often than not the local product range in quality from only just watchable to mind numbingly dull and the latter be the case with vigil . it not a badly make film in fact the acting be first rate and and the photography quite stun the major problem be the sheer drudgery of it all . stun misty landscape and rustic set and quaint old farm building and and close ups of leaky tap do not save this stinker from a storyline that drag slow than a mini tow a b train . avoid this film at all cost .