Review of Stories We Tell (2012) by Jenna I — 24 May 2015

I was disappointed because I thought this was going to be more My Winnepeg or Rashomon than straight doc but eh. I didn't find any of the narratives to be terribly contradictory at all, just mostly people guessing what they'd suspect to be the truth and then the reveal of the truth.

Certainly the movie is disturbing in a way, to find out all of your mother's shortcomings like that must be jarring. The most interesting story was between the father and the 'real' father though- the second being convinced he was part of a romeo juliet-like tale and the first just trying his best and knowing nothing was good enough for her.