The Peanut Butter Solution
The Peanut Butter Solution
PG | 12 September 1986 (USA)
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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, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit hairy.

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Matcollis

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

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BroadcastChic

Excellent, a Must See

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Brendon Jones

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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Matylda Swan

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

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anthony-567

Oh my god, Im so glad I found out what this movie was. They played this movie at my daycare when I was 4. I remember bursting into tears like a couple hours after watching it and this counselor trying to find out what was wrong. I didn't really know myself, so I didn't know what to tell her. This movie gave me a weird/unexplainable/embarrassing phobia of being bald. Im talking a serious phobia that as a kid was on the same level as monsters and ghosts. All I remember from the movie was this kid playing soccer and some other kids rip off his wig. Then there's an image in my head of hair growing out the bottom of his pants. I wish this stupid movie had never been made. The weird thing is, I totally forgot about this movie around the time I was 8 until I played some arcade that was like Street Fighter but with different characters. If you lose, you are shown a portrait of you character... BALD. Instantly, everything came back to me and I've never been able to forget this creepy horrible stupid movie. Any attempt to confirm this movie with ANYBODY would result in skeptical/concerned looks. I thought Id never hear or see of this again until I saw a wikipedia article on it. If I was some kind of dictator Id have every copy of this movie burned out of existence.

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cinephiliac.

why was this movie so dream-like? i don't remember if i enjoyed it or not, but rated peanut butter solution as 8 anyhow. something told me to search this; i found so many comments all stating 'i thought this was a dream- everyone thought i was nuts' and so on. i felt the same but i couldn't recall if it was a television show, movie, child's book or a concoction of the imagination based on some shred of fact, from somewhere! call it a waste of a b-movie but i've never heard of anything causing such a bizarre reaction with the mind. being a child of the eighties (as most of us appear to be) entails a LOT of media and television-induced nostalgia. (just) a few of my brightest and earliest memories are of animated faces bright and positive, gleaming puppets and grown adults conversing as if it could occur right next door. he-man bodies and artificial visions from some guy's half-assed id permanently burnt, laser-style, into our staring retinas. it's not hard to tell those phony memories from the genuine- but the earliest brain-waves and dreams get scrambled up together. i find it extremely hard to separate very early dream memories and early artificial memorabilia (television, movies etc) from one another. anyone else? peanut butter solution was the deepest and first i've uncovered. really i just remembered the long hair growing fast, a conveyor belt (?) loaded with long-haired kids, evil adults, and paint brushes.oh yeah, and peanut butter.more memories are jogged by these comments.. like the shopping cart, the 'fright', the signor, and the strange paintings. i have questions for those of you who have seen this movie, like, does yogurt have to do with anything??? i remember it being the antidote or something. sorry if the answer has already been posted.. and what exactly was the fright that Micheal saw? what was with all the evil stepford adults? i'm looking for the movie, i can't wait to see it. i love b-movies so i don't think i'll be disappointed either way, although i've seen the trailer and it doesn't look AT ALL how i remembered it. if anyone (even reads this :P) has a link or something for this movie it would be much appreciated. here is the trailer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Cm4Cy3rxs sorry if someone has already posted it. i realize i ramble.. i am very interested in discussing this movie with others who remember more about it! if you don't like my wordy-ness.. there ya go.peanut butter revolution!

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chichobit998

i watched the peanut butter solution a looong time ago, and like most others, it scared the crap out of me. the movie came out before i was born, but as a small child, the idea that there could be something so scary it could make your hair fall out terrified me. i only remember bits and pieces, but the part where he goes into the painting was my favorite part... i don't remember the acting or dialogue, only that the movie was amazing and i loved it, even if it did scare me... The peanut butter solution was made of some nasty things too, i remember him cracking a raw egg over his head? maybe im making that up... anyway, the kidnapping scared me and the fact that there were so many young children unaware that they were being used for magical paintbrushes... i also remember that the guy who was making the paintbrushes was incredibly creepy... what was his name again? 1985 was probably not a great year for cinema, but this one was a good onethats it

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juliagulia_001

FinallY! And all those years I thought I was dreaming of this crazy film, my main memories would have to be the slide?? or did I imagine that, I mean I haven't seen this since I was 9 years old. Anyway the young boy goes up into this old beaten down house & slides down a slide of some sort when he lands he has no hair!who remembers this part? ha-ha someone please shoot me if I have this all wrong,id be terribly embarrassed if thats not how it goes at all but I do remember this part of the film being very spooky to me, especially being so young. I haven't been able to locate a copy of this anywhere, I found that not many people have seen this movie but I would very much love to see this again so if anyone has any idea where I could get a copy that would be great:-)

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