Mini-Review: Fascinating story, and Herzog was the right man to make a documentary of it.
Mini-Review: I have no idea why, but this extremely simple movie works.
Mini-Review: Sometimes you hide things so well you forgot what they were and where they were. Something along these lines happened to the "message" that's "hidden" in the movie.
Mini-Review: If this movie was an advertisement for Lipton tea, I would understand it. Showing us the most nostalgic moments of a family's life would then work, you would only need to add: "All these moments are good, but are even better with a cup of Lipton tea".
Mini-Review: It's not the story - the story is pretty simple. It's not even the "deeper meaning". It's the style of the movie - the lights, the muted acting.
Mini-Review: Delivers exactly what it promises