| Peel | |
| Director: | Rafael Monserrate |
| Producer: | David Hillary Rafael Monserrate Jeffrey Thal |
| Cinematography: | Michael Alden Lloyd |
| Editing: | Sharyn L. Ross |
| Music: | Kathryn Kluge Kim Allen Kluge |
| Studio: | Head Gear Films Living the Dream Films Metrol Technology |
| Distributor: | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Peel is a 2019 British comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Rafael Monserrate and starred by Emile Hirsch. The movie was first shown on 7 February 2019 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
A simple and good-hearted character, Peel Munter, is left lost and alone at the age of 30, when his over-protective mother dies. He has to learn to fend for himself, befriending neighbors, getting housemates to pay the mortgage, and finally reuniting with his long-lost brothers in a gentle coming-of-age story.
Noel Murray from the LA Times wrote: "The problem is that "Peel" is so persistently twee that when it tries to introduce heavier themes - involving the lasting damage family and friends thoughtlessly inflict on each other - the general sense of unreality gets in the way."[1] Roger Moore from the website "Movie Nation" gave the movie only 1.5 stars out of 4, stating: "Hirsch is a gifted comic actor and could have made a lot more out of this unworldly guy who draws and snorkels obsessively and gets his hair cut about as often as Johnny Depp. And no, a few sweet moments in the final act don’t paper over the emptiness that precedes them. "Peel" is just as its title suggests, a movie that's all surface peel and no substance."[2]