Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
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.
Finders Keepers thrives on its stranger-than-fiction premise — a legal and emotional battle over a mummified leg found in a secondhand grill is genuinely one-of-a-kind, earning top marks for novelty and plot engagement. The documentary reveals surprising emotional depth beneath the absurdist surface, particularly in John Wood's story of addiction and loss. The subjects are compelling enough that formal cinematography is serviceable but unremarkable. The ending resolves the central conflict but doesn't quite transcend the material into something more profound.