Trailer
Summary
After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed.
Where to watch
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 80Audiences 79GoodWatch 78
Tomatometer80%
Audience score80%
IMDb7.7
Running time
1 h 54 min
Longer than most documentaries, +18 min on the typical 96
typical 96114Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1993
May 12, 1993
33 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Directing · 1
- Ross McElwee Director, Writer, Director of Photography
More like this
Same genre
More documentaries
- You Can See Everything (2026)
GoodWatch score 92 - Jackass Number Two (2006)
GoodWatch score 68 - The Perfect Neighbor (2025)
GoodWatch score 81 - Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (2026)
GoodWatch score 69 - Waltz with Bashir (2008)
GoodWatch score 87 - One Direction: This Is Us (2013)
GoodWatch score 62 - Piece by Piece (2024)
GoodWatch score 73 - Maternal Instinct (2026)
GoodWatch score 81