OK kind of navel-gazing. Adult son "filmmaker" shoots footage of his family and after mom dies decides to probe deeply into his parent's lives, secrets, failures, etc. How much do you really want to know about your parents? How much do you think other people care?
This is based on the notion that your personal life story has universal interest, a troubling example of solipsism which has become more and more prevalent in the world of film. The people on display here were not interesting. Their travails were pedestrian and commonplace and not worth the time it took to learn about them. Every family has skeletons...should all of us be making documentaries about them?
I think the phrase is...get over yourself.
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