Iain K. MacLeod

June 22, 2026

Review: The Peanut Butter Solution, 1985 - ★★★

  • A fever-dream of our collective heritage.
  • A staple of ‘80s Canadian classroom flashbacks.
  • Skippy product placement.
  • Second entry in the Tales for All series, following The Dog Who Stopped the War.
  • Soundtrack features the first English-language recording of a young Céline Dion.
  • Eschews the typical dead-parent trope by having a parent away for most of the film to tending to their dead parent’s affairs.
  • Fails to normalize baldness.
  • Weapons-grade child kidnapping with additional child labour doesn’t seem to bother the family or community as expected.
  • Quebequois (and Australian) in ways I will never know.
  • Unlocks pubescent children’s fascination with abandoned buildings and body hair.
  • Dubious body modification recipes from ghosts.
  • More here and here.

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About Iain K. MacLeod

He/Him | Paid Worker. Unremarkable Hobbyist. Occasional Friend. Full-time Dad. Great-great-great-grandnephew of Angus “Giant” MacAskill. Worked skateboard check at 1994 Gobblefest in Cape Breton. Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. aka Boost Ventilator. For more info…