Enjoyable and unique, but the complete lack of external structure and background information makes it a bit hard to grasp the film's focus once it starts switching interview subjects.

Some of these guys seem as stiff and creepy as someone from a really bad 80's horror movie. You know, the old lady who the group of campers talks to on the truck stop on the way up only to be captured by the serial killer and brought back to the house only to find the lady was actually his mother all along and was encouraging him. Stuff like that.

As with all great docs Morris was blessed here not just with ingenuity but serendipity (look to the scene with the old lady and the car). There's some absolutely fantastic stuff going on here, made all the more poignant by the excess of taupe, blue leisure suits, and now-30-year-old Coors cans: times and fashions thankfully change, but people are still as freaking weird as ever.

Stylish and very carefully filmed. But it's still about a dumb pet cemetery.

Strangely, I'm related to these people...

Cute, quirky and entertaining. The actual storytelling of the film is a total mess, but the people are very fun to listen to.

I found this pretty funny, but it took me about 45 minutes to get there. I feel like I know many of these people, because I came from a similar town. It gave me a small anxiety attack watching the movie, and made me disinclined to travel back and visit family any time soon. Painful, in a way. When re-watching this, play the game called "can this person dress themselves?" Most cannot. Missing buttons, misuse of suspenders, wearing aprons as dresses. Makes the film much more enjoyable.

Takes time to get used to the monotony, but it's worth it. For the sincere moments and the ones so intensely seventies that it's melancholic.

Competent put together documentary. There is perhaps too many being interviewed here though, or perhaps a bit too much time spent on interviews. That being said, most of the people featured are interesting in one way or another. Morris manages to create not only a documentary about animal death, it's also about personal ambitions and hope. Some very profound things are being said in the latter part of it, which gives the documentary some extra intellectual weight.

A clear inspiration to Nick Park's animations (especially to his early "Creature Comforts"). Ps. the old lady in pink was awesome :)

Disappointing, especially coming from arguably the greatest documentarian of all time. But also inspiring seeing Morris learn a craft that he would later go on to perfect. It was just not very engaging or interesting. And considering that you are dealing with a bunch of loons, it really should have been.

This is great! Errol Morris is a master of taking strange subjects and making them fascinating in a lasting way. The humanity is apparent all the way through.

Still stands as one of my favourite documentaries of all time. I'm of the opinion that people not moved by this have no soul.

I love Errol Morris, but I need to suck it up and tell everyone that I really didn't like this movie.

"Surely at the gates of heaven an all-compassionate God is not going to say, 'Well, you're walking in on two legs, you can go in. You're walking in four legs, we can't take you.'" 05/10/09

A very aesthetic documentary, very deliberate and self-aware on the part of Errol Morris for a debut. You can see this in the choice of subject, the lack of an interviewer and narrative voiceover, the visual framing and composition, which often looks staged. All of these insinuate a quiet ambitiousness. What really matters though is not that subtle debt to Herzog but that this is definitely an interesting film, and that's *basically* what documentaries are for, aren't they?

I approached this with some trepidation; its association with Herzog seemed to be its defining feature, and wasn't sure if there would be much to it beyond that. That trepidation was ultimately misplaced, though: it's a solid film, if not a classic. Its narrative is strong and cohesive despite the lack of narration; the subject is bizarre but, through the accounts of those involved, becomes engaging and oddly sweet.

Shows such great humanity that it's impossible not to like. It goes on a bit long, but it's still quite touching.

Big disappointment. The film seems to be mocking and condescending towards its subjects, but I don't find it amusing. I think it's sweet that these folks want to remember their pets. It's also filmed in a very tedious manner, almost entirely talking heads.