2019 Movie
Dir. Michael Schwartz & Tyler Nilson · United States of America · English
A familiar feel-good adventure movie
This buddies-on-the-road drama was the highest-grossing independent film of 2019, which tells you everything you need to know about it: it’s familiar, but it’s not overblown.
A fisherman (Shia LaBeouf) has to flee after vandalizing the property of a rival fishing group who bully him. On the way, he meets a man with Down syndrome, who, unexpectedly, is on a journey to become a pro wrestler.
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.
"A featherweight film with a lot of heart but not much staying power."
— Hannah Strong
"A feel-good niche indie with its priorities in the right place."
— Peter Debruge
DGA
1 nom
Nat. Board of Review
1 win · 1 nom
Bilal Zouheir is the founder of A Good Movie to Watch. He is US-based and a member of the Nevada Film Critics Society. He grew up in Morocco, where he learned English from watching movies. Bilal's work with A Good Movie to Watch is focused on offering an alternative to streaming algorithms, which are often used as commercial tools by streaming services.
I absolutely loved this movie. The ending was a little bit of a let-down, but the journey was worth it.