Friday 23 November 2018

Getting more than you bargained for


Happy Mother's Day (1963)

Directed by Joyce Chopra and Richard Leacock this is a short documentary. We see the Fischer family, the first family known to have a surviving set of quintuplets in the United States of America.

Starting out fairly simply this film goes onto look at some of the interesting side effects facing the family thanks to the family's sudden celebrity status and large size. A little stilted in its presentation this is still a good look at fame and small town America. Decently enough made the direction lets the subjects do the talking.

4/5


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