The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 70/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,501 2010s adventure movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic70/100
1,666 audience votes
Key crew
- Tyler NilsonWriter
- Tyler NilsonDirector
- Zachary DawesOriginal Music Composer
- Gabe WitcherOriginal Music Composer
- Noam PikelnyOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan SadoffOriginal Music Composer
- Michael SchwartzWriter
- Michael SchwartzDirector
Cast
- Shia LaBeoufTyler
- Zack GottsagenZak
- Dakota JohnsonEleanor
- Thomas Haden ChurchSalt Water Redneck
- John HawkesDuncan
- Bruce DernCarl
- Jon BernthalMark
- YelawolfRatboy
- Wayne DehartBlind Jasper John
- Aurelian Smith Jr.Sam
- Mick FoleyJacob
- Ann OwensRosemary
Stills
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Themes
escaperunawaywrestlingdown syndromeon the runwrestling coachraftnursing homedisabilitydream come trueescape plansouthern gothic
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