Product: Family Affair (2010)
Rating: 3.0
Not Getting It
This documentary has been receiving accolades and I really didn't think it was done very well. The daughters are wonderful at telling their stories and talking about what they have done with their lives. However, their brother (the filmmaker) is judgmental of them which really bothered me. I was an abused child and I maintained my relationship with both parents until they were in their 80s. It is much more typical for abused children to maintain a relationship with their abusive parent than for them to walk away. Its ironic that the one child who was not abused, the filmmaker, was the one who cut off ties with his parents. I give the sisters huge props for never playing the victim and going on with their lives to the best of their ability. However, I think their story could have been told in a fairer, less judgmental and more emotionally rich way.