Sarah Polley's bio-documentary,"Stories We Tell", should be seen and digested for content, style, and execution. I do not get to see documentaries that often, for one reason or another, but I will be surprised if this one is not Oscar nominated, and would be happy to see it win. It is far more than just a young Canadian woman's search for identity. What we have in this film, is someone grabbing onto a life-changing discovery like a slow running train in the opposite direction.
Some would say that she is exploiting her family, and her own personal story for self-aggrandizing reasons, and there are arguments for that. But if you can get beyond this perspective, this film is worth seeing for the way it is told and what it is saying about family, film-making and storytelling. As somebody who loves literature and the importance of a rich family life, storytelling, as well as film and the art of filmmaking, I found this film irresistible.
See it on the big screen for fun, but at least on video because it is a significant work of art as well as a compelling story. Listen and watch Michael Polley particularly, Sarah's "Father", who steals the show and rightly so.
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