A boy who sees the world in colors and wonders no one else can heads south with two drifters and an electric pig to reclaim his mother's stolen smile from a Voodoo witch – never suspecting that the real journey is learning why she's really crying.
Genre
Coming-of-age road movie with magical realism — a modern fairytale in an Americana / Southern Gothic register, balanced between grief drama and whimsical comedy
Related to
Big Fish · The Peanut Butter Falcon · O Brother, Where Art Thou? · Pan’s Labyrinth · Bridge to Terabithia