Recently I took the time to sit down and watch this independent film. A highly creative film, it honestly did not disappoint too much. Aside from the unnecessarily high amount of foul language and taking the Lord's name in vain, The Peanut Butter Falcon was certainly a memorable film. It did not take long to connect with the characters as this movie was clearly a character driven plot.
Basically somewhere in Louisiana a criminal, a down-syndrome man, and a bureaucrat -- all of which are seeking some kind of redemption -- come together to find purpose in their life. A criminal down on his luck after losing his brother comes across a down syndrome man who is running away from a state home to follow his dream of becoming a wrestler. They team up and decided to find the legendary salt water redneck, a famous wrestler who can unlock the key to success for the down syndrome man. On the way a bureaucrat woman from the state home is looking to recapture the down syndrome man and bring him back to home so that she can get back to her life.
Everything was going along quite well in the movie until the writers made a decision to hurry the plot along by having the bureaucrat girl join the two main characters in their boat. This element of the plot did not make any sense at the time and should have been handled better. At that point it went from being a believable fun movie in which the viewer could connect with, to a film in which it became clear that it was a silly fantasy. However we had no choice but to keep going with it.
At that point things started to get better as the viewer is led into some kind of Huck and Finn type adventure across Louisiana to find the down syndrome man's hero, the salt water redneck. He is eventually found and is convinced to train the down syndrome man to fight in a match. The match happens to which another amazing event happens -- the down syndrome man picks up a wrestler, lifts him over his head, and throws him. At this point the viewer should realize right away that this film is not really a drama, but more of a silly fantasy film. This is even more apparent by the end of the movie when all three main characters run off together to Florida.
Had it slowed down with the integration of the bureaucrat character as well as removing the fantasy element at the end this film could have really been something special, perhaps to the level of Napoleon Dynamite to the Independent Film world.
Basically somewhere in Louisiana a criminal, a down-syndrome man, and a bureaucrat -- all of which are seeking some kind of redemption -- come together to find purpose in their life. A criminal down on his luck after losing his brother comes across a down syndrome man who is running away from a state home to follow his dream of becoming a wrestler. They team up and decided to find the legendary salt water redneck, a famous wrestler who can unlock the key to success for the down syndrome man. On the way a bureaucrat woman from the state home is looking to recapture the down syndrome man and bring him back to home so that she can get back to her life.
Everything was going along quite well in the movie until the writers made a decision to hurry the plot along by having the bureaucrat girl join the two main characters in their boat. This element of the plot did not make any sense at the time and should have been handled better. At that point it went from being a believable fun movie in which the viewer could connect with, to a film in which it became clear that it was a silly fantasy. However we had no choice but to keep going with it.
At that point things started to get better as the viewer is led into some kind of Huck and Finn type adventure across Louisiana to find the down syndrome man's hero, the salt water redneck. He is eventually found and is convinced to train the down syndrome man to fight in a match. The match happens to which another amazing event happens -- the down syndrome man picks up a wrestler, lifts him over his head, and throws him. At this point the viewer should realize right away that this film is not really a drama, but more of a silly fantasy film. This is even more apparent by the end of the movie when all three main characters run off together to Florida.
Had it slowed down with the integration of the bureaucrat character as well as removing the fantasy element at the end this film could have really been something special, perhaps to the level of Napoleon Dynamite to the Independent Film world.
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