The Peanut Butter Falcon-Kids’ Movie Review
“Choosy mothers choose Jif”, and Zak might too. Zak (Zack Gottsagen) is a 22 year old man with Downs Syndrome. Since he has no family he’s forced to live in a retirement home and cared for by a kind and loving woman named Eleanor (Dakota Johnson). One night Zak escapes from the home and meets Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), a North Carolina fisherman who’s on the run from two locals. Since Zak dreams of attending a wrestling school in Florida, the duo makes the trip from North Carolina to Florida while becoming not only friends but family, something they both desperately need.
Rating: 4 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: November 12, 2019
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 10+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
This film says so much without over-using dialogue. Forgiveness, hope and love permeate scene after scene, and I was drawn into the real emotion and vulnerability of each character.
Sexual Content: Mild
- Kissing, flirting.
- A main character is shown in several scenes only wearing boxers.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
- A character is beaten up and kicked while on the ground.
- Guns and shooting. A main character is threatened at gunpoint.
- There are violent wrestling scenes with throwing and hitting.
- We see adult characters bullying a kid.
- A knife held to someones throat.
- A character is hit with a crowbar and nearly dies.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear “f–k,” “retard/retarded,” “s–t,” “damn,” “bitch,” “goddamn,” hell,” “sucks,” “screwed,” and “stupid.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- We see characters drinking from a bottle of whiskey.
- There are flashbacks to drinking in a bar and drunk driving.
- Cigarette smoking.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall, this is a wonderful family movie. Depending on the child appropriate for kids ages 10 and up.
