The Peanut Butter Falcon tells of the friendship between a mentally challenged man named Zack and a down on his luck fisherman named Tyler.
Both these guys bandits in their own way, they team up and head down river Mark Twain style, just here from North Carolina to Florida to help Zack get to meet his favorite wrestler and maybe be one himself.
And right off the bat this movie gets representation points.
You don't get many movies that really get what it's like to be mentally disabled but this brings that out super well.
Zack's predicament is one of many where the world really doesn't know what to do with people with down syndrome. Yes there are people who treat him cruelly but then there are also the ones who treat him in a workman-like way- who baby him and put him some place out of the way.
The world is trying to phase out the word retard but in one great scene here the movie shows that society still sees these people as less than and they need to reassess that.
One who deserves loads of credit here is Zack Gottsagen, who i'm not even overrating in saying I feel is a front runner for a best supporting actor oscar right now.
Zack's enthusiasm for wrestling is infectious, his personality is funny, his dreams and his goals become instantly rootable, his need for something more is universal and heartwarming. This is not just being, but also great acting.
His rapport with Shia LeBouf is terrific. LeBouf also has not been this good in a while. He takes on Tyler's feelings of isolation and regret.
This is a movie of two people, one feels he is not a good person because the world has made him feel less, the other because he has given up on himself because of past mistakes.
Another just beautiful scene between the two focuses on what makes a good and bad person.
Their time together definitely does bring to mind bayou movies like Mud, or classic characters of Mark Twain. They get into trouble, there are some really suspenseful close calls-one involving a sea boat is more suspenseful than most of the movies this summer.
But there is genuine affection there too. They both need each other, they both learn things from each other.
This is so lovably told that even the unbelievable logic, especially what happens in the last act of the movie, doesn't matter so much because you love them and love seeing them win.
Peanut Butter Falcon is as beautiful a movie as you've probably heard people say it is and if you haven't seen it yet, you're missing one of the top films of the year.
Both these guys bandits in their own way, they team up and head down river Mark Twain style, just here from North Carolina to Florida to help Zack get to meet his favorite wrestler and maybe be one himself.
And right off the bat this movie gets representation points.
You don't get many movies that really get what it's like to be mentally disabled but this brings that out super well.
Zack's predicament is one of many where the world really doesn't know what to do with people with down syndrome. Yes there are people who treat him cruelly but then there are also the ones who treat him in a workman-like way- who baby him and put him some place out of the way.
The world is trying to phase out the word retard but in one great scene here the movie shows that society still sees these people as less than and they need to reassess that.
One who deserves loads of credit here is Zack Gottsagen, who i'm not even overrating in saying I feel is a front runner for a best supporting actor oscar right now.
Zack's enthusiasm for wrestling is infectious, his personality is funny, his dreams and his goals become instantly rootable, his need for something more is universal and heartwarming. This is not just being, but also great acting.
His rapport with Shia LeBouf is terrific. LeBouf also has not been this good in a while. He takes on Tyler's feelings of isolation and regret.
This is a movie of two people, one feels he is not a good person because the world has made him feel less, the other because he has given up on himself because of past mistakes.
Another just beautiful scene between the two focuses on what makes a good and bad person.
Their time together definitely does bring to mind bayou movies like Mud, or classic characters of Mark Twain. They get into trouble, there are some really suspenseful close calls-one involving a sea boat is more suspenseful than most of the movies this summer.
But there is genuine affection there too. They both need each other, they both learn things from each other.
This is so lovably told that even the unbelievable logic, especially what happens in the last act of the movie, doesn't matter so much because you love them and love seeing them win.
Peanut Butter Falcon is as beautiful a movie as you've probably heard people say it is and if you haven't seen it yet, you're missing one of the top films of the year.