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The Peanut Butter Falcon

2019 · 97 min

A warm, rambling buddy journey with rough edges, easy charm, and a big-hearted underdog spirit that keeps you smiling.

Overview
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • found family
  • freedom
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
adventure, comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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