The Pez Outlaw

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The Pez Outlaw

2022

1h 25m

Documentary

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This incredible fish-out-of-water story follows the adventures of Steve Glew, a small-town Michigan man, who boards a plane for Eastern Europe soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His mission is to locate a secret factory that holds the key to the most desired and valuable Pez dispensers. If he succeeds, he will pull his family out of debt and finally be able to quit his job of 25 years. Steve becomes the hero of his own adventure, smuggling the rarest of goods into the U.S. and making millions in the process. It was all magical, until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.

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Critics Consensus

As sweetly enjoyable as the candy at the heart of its story, The Pez Outlaw is a true treat for fans of stranger-than-fiction documentaries.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

A highly quirky and thoroughly enjoyable documentary about big dreams, serving a niche and the perils of taking on The Man.

Rated: B+

Oct 21, 2022

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Calum Marsh

New York Times

Like Pez, the film is charming and colorful — and perhaps too sweet.

Oct 20, 2022

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

An unforgettable David vs. Goliath story.

Mar 18, 2022

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Karl Puschmann

New Zealand Herald

Its tone is humourous and any darkness in Glew’s personal story is breezed over to keep the story rolling and the entertainment value high.

Feb 12, 2025

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Zach Youngs

InSession Film

It’s a funny and enthralling story that will likely send you to see what big brands have not done the proper paperwork that could make you quite a bit more financially comfortable.

Rated: B+

Jul 3, 2024

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

One of those documentaries where the central character could easily have overpowered the narrative, but thankfully the co-directors matched his oddball energy with equally unique filmic technique

Feb 13, 2024

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Hunter A.

A lot of fun! Highly recommend

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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Addison K

I watched this in my Intro to Business class! I wasn’t able to watch the start of it, but I found the ending to be really inspiring. It shows that even if things get bad for a long time, but there is a way to get out of that bad situation

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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Lillian E

This movie as very interesting and fun. When it first started I thought he was doing something much worse than selling pez dispensers. Really interesting and a good documentary to watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/07/24

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Madelyn M

The pez outlaw was a pretty good movie. I liked how well they portrayed the pez story. It’s a different insight that I would expect for the pez company.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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Deez L

I loved it. Had me entertained from beginning to end.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/17/24

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Terence M

Interesting story about a crook who's actually good because he's only sticking it to the man. So he's cool. If he'd actually been cool he wouldn't have sold Pez dispensers to gullible collectors for $1200.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Synopsis

This incredible fish-out-of-water story follows the adventures of Steve Glew, a small-town Michigan man, who boards a plane for Eastern Europe soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His mission is to locate a secret factory that holds the key to the most desired and valuable Pez dispensers. If he succeeds, he will pull his family out of debt and finally be able to quit his job of 25 years. Steve becomes the hero of his own adventure, smuggling the rarest of goods into the U.S. and making millions in the process. It was all magical, until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.

Director: Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel
Producer: Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Sidestilt
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 21, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2022
Runtime: 1h 25m

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