Rate THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON (2019)

I give it an 8/10. Maybe I’m overrating it.

I know it has potential to be a better film. There was some underdeveloped characters like the Eleanor. I felt about 10 more minutes of movie time added to build her character a bit more. The film was only 1 hour and 37 minutes.

I think this is one of those films that could have benefited from being around 2 hours. Usually I praise a film for cutting the fat. But this film could have benefited from a bit more character development.

But it was so damn good, I couldn’t help but feel so good afterwards. I mean, the one part that didn’t make sense was when Eleanor went from “I’m doing my job” with her interaction with Tyler at the gas station to just jumping on their raft. No questions asked.

Maybe a bit more motivation? Like, perhaps build up the idea a bit more. I know they showed her boss being an a—hole to her, but maybe show more of her being burned out at her job. Or perhaps she gets fired, but she’s only trying to find the boy out of the kindness of her heart and once she finds him with Tyler, she has nothing to go back to. Idk. Just an example.

Other than that, I loved it. I just think she needed a bit more.