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DEPRESSING

posted 13 years ago by ferriscooler
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Ok so i just watched this and thought it was maybe the grimmest thing i have seen. The story is so sad really and it is just this unescapable lifestyle. Amazing

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[–] explorer801 8 years ago

I agree and disagree that it's depressing. Depending on how you look at it, it's also a very uplifting portrait of two women living in denial who need and love each other but can't admit it. They were, in a very real sense--soul mates.

[–] bnwfilmbuff 8 years ago

I really hated this. There was no reason for these two women to live in this disgusting filth. Absolutely appalling documentary with the gals hamming it up for the camera.

[–] irishm 8 years ago

It took me several days to watch it. I just couldn't stand it in large doses. Very depressing indeed. I don't get the hero-worship.

[–] Maya55555 8 years ago

The "hero worship", stems from the hype that film makers have made off this project, $$$$$$.

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[–] PaulsLaugh 8 years ago

Considering who these women's niece and cousin was, it's terrible she let them live in these conditions. Grey Gardens was filmed after Jackie Kennedy Onassis had the place made "livable." Since Big Edie cooked food on a stove in her bed!, getting her declared incompetent should have been a no-brainer. And Ms Onassis could afforded people to come in everyday and clean the cat sh!t, clear the vermin from the place, cook them proper meals, and burn those stomach-churning mattresses.

[–] modica (4169) 7 years ago

I really didn't find it that depressing. There were aspects of it that were shocking and depressing, but the film as a whole was not depressing. They had great personalities and had a strange and interesting relationship.