I totally agree that the movie is not a comedy and not for children. I can't think of a darker film.I saw this as a child and have vividly horrible memories of the scene where he gets his wig yanked off in the soccer game. All the imagery taps into a child's deepest fears. Even the gooey quality of the peanut butter itself and spreading it all over your head. And the orphanage / sweatshop where they starve the children. I had nightmares of being trapped in there.It's just so wrong. It would probably seem campy to watch now, but the original impact my psyche is irreversible. It's so funny that literally everyone in the forums had the same experience. I've never seen such unanimity in on IMDb.

I cannot remember a movie that had a bigger impact on me as this did. I have very faint memories of this movie.... but every memory was a dark one. I remember being very frightened of this movie, but also fascinated at the same time. I saw it very young, and i remember it being the result of most of my childhood nightmares. I feel there is something much larger involved with this movie. Perhaps mind control? Producing fears in young children. It blows me away that this movie is labeled a comedy. This was also a Canadian film, which got away with more that the U.S. could with its PG rating. It has everything from ghosts, child kidnapping, nightmares, hair falling out, dark images and references........ gives me the chills just thinking about it. I saw it recently and realized how much of an impact it could have on a undeveloped mind. Psycologicly i feel as though this movie was responsible for a lot of the fears i had growing up as a kid. Being an adult now, i decided to watch it. I remember it being a lot darker... obviously a child seeing this interprets it as much more than a family comedy because it is nothing like that to say the least. I feel as though a investigation into this movie should be made.IF YOU WANT TO WATCH IT TO REMEMBER THESE HORRIBLE MEMORIES OF YOUR CHILDHOOD YOU CAN SEE IT ON GOOGLE VIDEO.. SOMEONE PUT UP THE WHOLE ENTIRE MOVIE

OMG!!!! Everyone thought i was crazy when i talked about this movie..good to know it really exists!!! I do have another movie no one seems to remember. IDK the title but i know it involved two kids (brother and sister) who were free falling and trapped in bubbles for such a long time that they end up just sitting there looking bored, waiting to hit the ground. This goes on until some scientist turns off the bubble machine and they realize they were only 3 feet off the ground. It's been a while since i've seen it so the details are sketchy but thats all i remember. It scared the crap out of me b/c my overly analytical child brain figured they would have suffocated after being in the bubble so long. if anyone knows the title please let me know.

Growing up, I watched this movie... and I liked it. I do not remember it scaring me so much as intriguing me with the idea of walking into a painting. I remember dreaming about having paintings like this and always thought they should have maybe done some more with the idea of people going into them...Anyway... point being... I have asked so many people over the years if they have ever heard of "The Peanut Butter Solution" and I believe, after asking close to 75 people (...literally, by the way, because I had asked during a giant college group process and there were about 50 people in my group at least) I have gone through High School and am in college and, other than my sister and I, I have found two people who know what this movie is, one of which couldn't remember the title but knew when I described it. I AM AMAZED THAT NO ONE KNOWS THIS MOVIE! I believe it is one of my favorite movies, not necessarily because of the fact that it is a fabulous movie you should run out and rent but because no one knows it. I have made it a point to make people watch it to become educated in its greatness. I own the VHS which is good, but I would love for it to be on DVD. I have become a silent crusader for this movie and have vowed to spread the joy of this movie.Watching it now is not the same as watching it then. The acting isn't the best and maybe the plot is off the wall but it is worth seeing. If anything, I think it is the best for something like a party or something where you can all just laugh at it. You have to be in the mind set for it, though, and you have to stay focused... it becomes a common thing then for you and your friends since NO ONE seems to have seen it. But I love it... and I recommend it. Its a classic.