So this documentary using lots of old home movies and current video's and interviews with all the members of Sarah's family including Harry and HIS daughter and Diane's husband, Mike, recounts the married life of Diane and Mike and the experiences of living with them. Since the film was made after the discovery of Harry being Sarah's real dad, there was a lot of chit-chat from the family and friends and Mike about their suspicions of Diane having an affair and the state of her happiness.
I found this movie to be much ado about nothing. no one seemed especially shocked or surprised that Diane would have had affairs and one night stands with other men since she was a "free spirit". There was a lot of discussion about the 'livewire' and party girl person Diane was and not much about the fact that she cheated on her husband and lied. It seemed like she was laughingly forgiven because she was so socially popular.
when Sarah found out Harry was her father, she seemed pretty accepting of the fact and seemed to really enjoy being with him. She felt they 'clicked' instantly.
What the film lacked was any information about the reactions of family to finding out Harry was Sarah's real dad and her dead mom's lover of years. Did they resent him? did they start including him in family get-togethers?
and the film itself was confusing as to who was who; it was only much later in the documentary that relationships became clear. but in the beginning i had no idea who people were except for one lady who when talking about Sarah's mom called her Mum so i knew she was a daughter.
Bill rated this an 8 and i gave it a limp 6.
I watched a preview for this at the Loft and it left me with a feeling of really not wanting to know more. The lack of dramatic tension came through even in the preview. Glad to see you are back blogging regularly!
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