The documentary follows recovering addict and amputee John Wood, whose leg wound up in the grill due to an odd chain of events. Now John has to reclaim his mummified leg from Southern entrepreneur Shannon Whisnant, who bought it at an auction.
Filmmakers Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel, over the film's quick 84 minutes, find some humanity and pathos in the story, which eventually takes an unexpectedly heartwarming turn.
Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel's documentary, opening the lid on the lives of the two men at odds over this oddity, discovers a lump-in-the-throat poignancy as it re-appraises just how hard it can be to pick up the pieces of a life.
Finders Keepers sees the tragedy in Whisnant's egomania. As he agrees to a tacky reality show, we realize he's peddling something more valuable than a leg - he's selling his soul.
The film is a hodge-podge of archive clips and interview material but it just about gels and a host of smaller scale family stories round it out nicely.
A film exploring the undoing of two men, the strange circumstances that see their lives interconnect, and the qualities we've come to value as a society.
