This could have been an excellent movie, but it lacks focus. It deals with some highly unusual people living in some highly unusual houses. After a quick round-robin visit to each house and occupants, that lasts about ten minutes, we know about as much about these people and their houses as we find out in the next hour. We are left with wanting to know more about how these people came to be in their current situations and about the history of their houses. For example, the alligator man says that everything in his house has a sentimental value - then show us some of those things and explain to us what they mean to him.
I wanted to see more about the houses themselves - how they are laid out and how the people live in them. The people who live in the old missile silo give us a ten second tour of where the rooms are in their house *from above ground,* and that is it for the overview.
These people are satisfying some deep emotions through their living environments and I wanted to know more. Think what Errol Morris would have done with this material.
The film indeed has the look of a home movie, so the title is a clever pun.
I wanted to see more about the houses themselves - how they are laid out and how the people live in them. The people who live in the old missile silo give us a ten second tour of where the rooms are in their house *from above ground,* and that is it for the overview.
These people are satisfying some deep emotions through their living environments and I wanted to know more. Think what Errol Morris would have done with this material.
The film indeed has the look of a home movie, so the title is a clever pun.