Fresh
Filmmakers Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel, over the film's quick 84 minutes, find some humanity and pathos in the story, which eventually takes an unexpectedly heartwarming turn.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Finders Keepers
One man's leg is another man's treasure.
2015 · 1h 22m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Bryan Carberry
,
J. Clay Tweel
Overview
In this documentary, recovering addict and amputee John Wood finds himself in a stranger-than-fiction battle to reclaim his mummified leg from Southern entrepreneur Shannon Whisnant, who found it in a grill he bought at an auction and believes it therefore to be his rightful property.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If you're in the mood for a tragicomic documentary, the startlingly original "Finders Keepers" fills the bill.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
What starts out as a freak show ends up a poignant tale of tragedy, redemption, and the boon of taxidermy.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
Fresh
Finders Keepers sees the tragedy in Whisnant's egomania. As he agrees to a tacky reality show, we realize he's peddling something more valuable than a leg - he's selling his soul.
Amy Nicholson, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
What starts out alternately comic and catastrophic ends in unforeseen poignancy in "Finders Keepers," a documentary that proves that truth is stranger than fiction. Way stranger.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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