Peanut Jam

Great movie that portrays a broken man being taken advantage of by a charismatic leader. Only flaw is the cinematography was sometimes lacking. Characters would point off screen to something that isn't shown, for example.

While this documentary did focus on a lesbian couple, at no point for me did it truly feel like an LGBT+ documentary. With a title like A Secret Love, I truly expected the documentary to highlight what it was like being a gay couple in the early to late 1900's, but instead the documentary often shifted its focus towards the present, making the title of the documentary seem very misleading. More accurately, I'd say this documentary highlights the struggles of growing old. Many times throughout the documentary, I would ask myself if this documentary would truly fundamentally change if it were about a straight couple and very often I found myself saying no. To give perspective, the documentary decides to focus more on the family that they just came out to than the "other family" Terry and Pat had that was comprised of LGBT+ people who protected them for years. We only see two of these people and none of the other people in this other family are ever given names and stories other than brief and vague anecdotes about parties. It felt like so many parts of their past must have been cut out in place for focusing on the present, which was incredibly disappointing. They didn't even touch upon the 80's, a major time in which gay panic was rampant, which shocked me. I guess the best way to sum up this documentary up is that it's a documentary about gay people made for straight people. I went into this documentary hoping I'd learn stuff about gay culture but instead came out wondering why the documentary had left so much out. I will say, though, if you're looking for a wholesome documentary about two old lesbians, this will definitely be for you.

Shows based on true crime stop watering down the actions of the horrible person in the story challenge. The Coca Cola in the show was more villainous than Dee Dee.

If perfection existed, this movie would be it