A child in care finds himself on the run with a criminal, with Dakota Johnson’s nurse on their trail, in an innocently charming adventure story
There is a gentle sweetness to this goofy, big-hearted
comedy written and directed by feature first-timers Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz: a film that doubles as a modest homage to Mark Twain.
Zack Gottsagen, an actor with Down’s syndrome, plays Zak, a young man in a care facility who yearns to escape and realise his dream of becoming a wrestler. He obsessively watches a wrestling video presented by a mysterious and hammy wrestling pro called the Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Church), who’s barking at the screen and demonstrating tricky moves such as the atomic throw.