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6/14/2024

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Zak, a man with Down Syndrome, has been parked in an old folks home. He doesn't like the slow place there, especially as he has a passion for wrestling and dreams of going to a wrestling school he's seen advertised. He breaks out and soon falls in with Tyler (Shia LeBeouf), a sullen guy on the run from a mess he's made.

While LeBeouf is good and I liked the budding romance with the woman from the nursing home who is tasked with tracking them down, it's otherwise a mess. The story is all over the place and, unfortunately, Zak's not an actor. So, despite some sweet scenes, it just doesn't work.

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