[sketchyt]

I watched Peanut Butter Falcon over the weekend:



I really wanted to like this film and I did. I think positive films are difficult to write without quickly veering into straight up sentimentality, it's such a tricky balance. And for me, I've been getting a little tired of the anti-hero thing so I've been seeking out films like this. They're hard to find done well.

Ever since Lawless/Fury, I've wondered whether Shia Lebeouf is a good actor and now I'm in the camp that he's a talented guy. At worst, he can be more than just the Transformer guy IMO.

Anyways, with Peanut Butter Falcon this could have been one of my favorite films in recent memory but muddied by an unnecessary antagonist side plot that was tonally different from the rest of the film.

Basically the film is about a group of people seeking family, one character played exceptionally well by a down syndrome actor. The trailer pretty much spells it all out.

I don't want to spoiler anything because this is worth watching, but I understand the need for conflict or a 'bad guy'. However, with the inherent challenges of the plot/story/characters, conflict(s) was already there. To shoe horn a bad guy into it was forced and disappointing.

A solid 3/5 for me. Could've been a 5.