The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic87/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonathan CaouetteDirector
- Jonathan CaouetteScreenplay
Cast
- Renee LeblancHerself
- Adolph DavisHimself
- Jonathan CaouetteHimself
- Rosemary DavisHerself
- David Sanin PazHimself
Stills
Themes
loss of sense of realityrapeschizophreniapsychopathtexasfoster parentssinglemale homosexualityrelationshipfamily feudelectro shock