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The Peanut Butter Falcon

SCORE: 61

Family Friendly Gaming was given a copy of The Peanut Butter Falcon on Blu-ray + Digital. This film has a Tom Sawyer feel to it. A young man with Down Syndrome is stuck in a nursing home since he has no family to take care of him. He wants to get to this wrestling school and learn how to become a wrestler. He meets up with a shady man who is stealing crabs from the traps of others. He escalates the issue with those he is robbing by burning down their traps.

There is another character in The Peanut Butter Falcon that is very instrumental in its survival. That character is Eleanor. She is a worker at the nursing home that is tasked with bringing him back. The three wind up meeting up in an interesting exchange that takes this movie in a direction I was not expecting. I realized that I had to suspend realism in a couple of areas concerning The Peanut Butter Falcon.

The issues families will have with The Peanut Butter Falcon are bad language, lack of attire, violence, and more. The music in The Peanut Butter Falcon is not my personal tastes most of the time. It takes 97 minutes to watch The Peanut Butter Falcon from start to finish. The Peanut Butter Falcon completely captivated me because I was trying to figure out where this movie would go next. There is a lot of bad language in The Peanut Butter Falcon.

SPOILER ALERT! The trio eventually find the Salt Water Redneck and learn that his school has been closed for some time now. I noticed a couple of retired professional wrestlers in The Peanut Butter Falcon. It is cool when Zak gets to have his own match. The outcome is predictable until the very end. Another suspend reality moment that I mentioned before. Zak is the only character I found myself rooting for. I kept hoping for Tyler to turn his life around.

There is a baptism in The Peanut Butter Falcon. Not much seems to come out of it though. The Peanut Butter Falcon really addresses how society treats people with disabilities. I agree that we should not belittle or diminish people based on a disability. On the flip side of the coin we should not act like people with disabilities can do everything those without disabilities can do. Accept your limitations and enjoy what you are capable of – is the biggest lesson The Peanut Butter Falcon gave me.
- Paul

Graphics: 60%
Sound: 55%
Replay/Extras: 60%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%

System: Blu-ray
Publisher: Lionsgate
Developer: Roadside Attractions, Armory Films
Rating: ‘PG-13’ for Parents Strongly Cautioned
{thematic content, language throughout, some violence and smoking}
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