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Information
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 85 min.
- Directors
- Bryan Storkel, Amy Bandlien Storkel
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Family, Documentary
- Rating *
- 8.0
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 101
- Favs
- 5
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 5.0% (1:20)
- Favs/dislikes
- 5:0
Top comments
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Siskoid
Sometimes when a documentary takes aim at a gonzo niche topic, the result is amusing but rather surface-level. The Pez Outlaw - which explores the world of Pez collecting and the war between one secondary market seller and the company itself - achieves something more by making its subject, Steve Glew, reenact some of them moments he tells the film makers about as if they were happening in an action-thriller, made up to look like his younger self. These POV moments are fun, but they also subtly draw you in so that in the last half-hour, when talking heads start to contradict each other, you're fully invested in finding out the truth. It's the Pez world, so it's ridiculous, but it's somehow still paranoid. And then there's Kathy Glew, the Outlaw's supportive spouse, who is so touching and charming in how she interacts with the subject, and I think ultimately, she makes the story more human and worth discovering. Now, how much are my two Pez dispensers worth? 1 year ago