Peel (2019 film)
{{short description|2019 British comedy-drama film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Peel
| image = Peel (2019) Film Poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| writer = Lee Karaim
Troy Hall
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| director = Rafael Monserrate
| producer = David Hillary
Rafael Monserrate
Jeffrey Thal
| cinematography = Michael Alden Lloyd
| editing = Sharyn L. Ross
| music = Kathryn Kluge
Kim Allen Kluge
| studio = Head Gear Films
Living the Dream Films
Metrol Technology
| distributor = Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2019|2|7|Santa Barbara International Film Festival}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
Peel is a 2019 British comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Rafael Monserrate and starred by Emile Hirsch. The movie was first shown on 7 February 2019 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Plot
A simple and good-hearted character, Peel Munter, is left lost and alone at the age of 30, when his over-protective mother dies. He has to learn to fend for himself, befriending neighbors, getting housemates to pay the mortgage, and finally reuniting with his long-lost brothers in a gentle coming-of-age story.
Cast
- Emile Hirsch as Peel Munter
- Jack Kesy as Roy, Peel's first housemate
- Shiloh Fernandez as Sam, Peel's brother
- Jacob Vargas as Chuck, the 2nd housemate
- Garrett Clayton as Chad, the 3rd housemate
- Amy Brenneman as Lucille, Peel's mother
- Troy Hall as Will, Peel's older brother
- Yaya DaCosta as Sarah, Will's wife
- Angelina Joo as Chun Ja, Peel's friend
- Hana Hwang as Jooeun, Chun Ja's cousin
Reception
Noel Murray from the LA Times wrote: "The problem is that "Peel" is so persistently twee that when it tries to introduce heavier themes - involving the lasting damage family and friends thoughtlessly inflict on each other - the general sense of unreality gets in the way."{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Noel |title=Reviews for the Spanish historical fantasy ‘The Bastards’ Fig Tree’ and more VOD films |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-genre-string-20190510-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=15 December 2019 |archive-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516105109/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-genre-string-20190510-story.html |url-status=live }} Roger Moore from the website "Movie Nation" gave the movie only 1.5 stars out of 4, stating: "Hirsch is a gifted comic actor and could have made a lot more out of this unworldly guy who draws and snorkels obsessively and gets his hair cut about as often as Johnny Depp. And no, a few sweet moments in the final act don’t paper over the emptiness that precedes them. "Peel" is just as its title suggests, a movie that's all surface peel and no substance."{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Roger |title=Movie Review: Emile Hirsch keeps it all on the surface in "Peel" |url=https://rogersmovienation.com/2019/05/03/movie-review-peel/ |website=Movie Nation |accessdate=15 December 2019 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215210102/https://rogersmovienation.com/2019/05/03/movie-review-peel/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=tt8226892}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|peel_2019}}
Category:2019 comedy-drama films
Category:British comedy-drama films