Don Peyote (2014)
10/10
For a select audience
11 July 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I read all the other user reviews and was afraid this might be a weird rehashing of fear and loathing or something. Not at all.

This film is about exactly what it portraits in the film, no metaphors about coming of age or anything. This film is about a man who begins to see through the illusion of society, and loses his grip of what is both real and important.

Our protagonist does ayahuasca during a bout of hallucinations, and ends up in a mental hospital. after escaping he does it again with a homeless couple and relinquishes his grasp on society.

This is the first review I wrote, I signed up just to review this movie.

If you have never partaken of ayahuasca or dmt, it may be very hard to relate to the main character, and this is how these other reviews struggle to find meaning g or lessons in the movie. Take it at face value: this is a story about how those who see through the veil of society are often rejected and cast aside as mentally ill or unstable, all for not following the school, work, buy, die mentality of our times. Extremely well executed bravo.
11 out of 17 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed