Written and Directed by: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
It's the most beautiful, heartwarming film I've seen in a while. It has 3 characters, a very simple setting and they explore large things in life through this simple setup. Zak, a 22-year-old man with Down syndrome escapes from a facility as he always dreamt of becoming a wrestler. He then bumps into Tyler, a macho guy. From there, it's a beautiful relationship that they both form. It's a brotherhood. It's friendship. It's a guru-shishya thing. It's also a father-child relation because Tyler teaches him simple things, he protects him. It's something that you can't put a label on. Just two characters and they keep overcoming some hurdles that they face on the way. And then, they are found out by Eleanor, Zak's caretaker in the facility. Tyler convinces Eleanor to go with them, and that he's only trying to fulfil Zak's dream. Eleanor slowly gives into it. There's some chemistry between Tyler and Eleanor. They explore Eleanor's character with very few scenes and yet they do it beautifully.
After Tyler and Eleanor are together in the ending and Zak refers to them as his family, it's again a beautiful relationship that you can't put a label on. It's like they are siblings, they are friends and sometimes it's also like Zak is their child. This is what I love about this film. Usually, we hurry to put labels on every relationship we have. We get a little restless. But if Tyler had to do a "we need to talk" conversation with Zak, would he have done what all he did for Zak? He wouldn't. He did it out of sheer love for him. In Tyler's life, post 20 years, he would still remember this beautiful period in his life where he himself might be surprised by his ability to love. This film inspires us to love without expecting anything in return.
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