To begin, I would like to applause this film for how well it utilizes the first portion to quickly and efficiently develop the characters. The "attempted nursing home escape" scene does well to show the intriguing, creative side of Zak which lets us feel how fiercely eager he is to chase his own youth which is being stolen away from him by the state by stowing him in a nursing home where he knows he doesn't belong. The drawing of himself in the note he passes to the woman he is asking to help him escape does well to illustrate the way he sees himself in his dream. He draws a muscle-clad wrestler, standing victoriously, showing just how full he is of self-confidence and ambition. I think this is such a beautiful and touching description of Zak. I love how relentless his character is in chasing his dreams. I personally extend an enormous amount of applause to Zak Gottsagen for making this character the best possible persona it could be. Well Done to you!
Shia Lebeouf's character, Tyler, is portrayed as a heartbroken, wandering soul searching for a new start on life. It's like he is desperate to erase a past life that relentlessly grips onto him like a hook gouged through the center of his chest, dragging behind him as would a car engine leaving deep ruts in the ground marking this embarrassing trail behind him no matter where he goes. The very raw, down-to-earth portrayal of this character is deserving of a tremendous amount of commendation for Shia. I believe every character involved in this film was played by just the right people to make them seem so genuine and relatable. You see this man who is down on life, dragging behind his feelings of hopelessness and guilt, and this man (Zak) who feels like the world is against him, running as fast as he can move his legs through a swamp of jello sticking to him and tugging him down that is the state of Georgia.
   The imagery involved in the film from the sawed-off shotgun, to the jar of moonshine the store owner gives Tyler perfectly illustrates the humbleness and earthly way of living of the south. The countryside and the cornfields are lovely additions to the story that set the right tone of the film just right, allowing the viewers to see how rough-but-simple simple the life of "two bandits on the run" can be.
 This movie moved me. I felt like I could relate, in some way, to each character and see myself in a little bit of all of them. I could feel the amount of motivation and effort that was put in this film by everyone who helped make it showing the raw imagery of life and how joy can be found in the simplest of human endeavors. "The Peanut Butter Falcon" is an eloquent, inspirational film which auspiciously demonstrates how healing and beautiful friendship can be.