The Peanut Butter Solution

1985
PG
1h 33m

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6.0/10

2.6K

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Adventure Comedy Family

Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair ... Read allPeanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back.Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.6K

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- 2 nominations

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Mathew Mackay and Alison Darcy in The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

Michael Hogan, Mathew Mackay, and Alison Darcy in The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

Mathew Mackay in The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

Mathew Mackay and Siluck Saysanasy in The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

Helen Hughes and Mathew Mackay in The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

Michael Hogan, Mathew Mackay, Alison Darcy, and Siluck Saysanasy in The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

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Trivia
While on a promotional tour for The Dog Who Stopped the War (1984), producer Rock Demers crossed paths with a 17-year-old Céline Dion at a radio station in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He was so impressed by her singing, he asked if she would do some songs for the soundtrack of The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) which he was about to shoot. Those song (Listen to the Magic Man and Michael's Song) ended up being the first English-language songs she ever performed.

Quotes
Sergio: [to a group of children he has kidnapped] Quiet! Or I'll put you in the net!

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Creepy Kids Movies (2014)

Soundtracks
Michael's Song
Performed by Céline Dion
Lyrics by Eddy Marnay
Music by Lewis Furey
Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka
Published by Les Éditions La Fête

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6/10

Simply terrifying for children

I totally agree that the movie is not a comedy and not for children. I can't think of a darker film.

I saw this as a child and have vividly horrible memories of the scene where he gets his wig yanked off in the soccer game. All the imagery taps into a child's deepest fears. Even the gooey quality of the peanut butter itself and spreading it all over your head. And the orphanage / sweatshop where they starve the children. I had nightmares of being trapped in there.It's just so wrong.

It would probably seem campy to watch now, but the original impact my psyche is irreversible. It's so funny that literally everyone in the forums had the same experience. I've never seen such unanimity in on IMDb.

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