Capn Cack

It's an intimate and non-judgmental look at two narcissistic women in their fading years. The mother spends most of her time in bed talking about her heyday and kvetching at her daughter, who cares for her, kvetches back, and talks as if she's a hot 20-something. The daughter, who wears sweaters on her head like scarves and wears her skirts upside down on her body constantly flirts with the film makers and assumes every man is in love with her - including the young boy who comes around to do some gardening, and eventually moves in, apparently because he has no home. The women spend their days talking over each other and trying to out-boast each other. The daughter wants out, because she presents caretaking, but she doesn't leave; she doesn't know how. Both women are stuck there wallowing in their pasts; it is a sad and strange look at their lives

Wanted to like it. Visually beautiful. Don't like any of the characters. Also, I rate a TV show or movie on how quickly they take a woman's clothes off. This show jumped right in, just a few minutes into the first episode. I give them scant credit for also taking a guy's clothes off except you don't get the full-frontal lingering shot with him. I'm really tired of sexism in movies and TVs.

Far too long. This is really a story about an incredibly dysfunctional, narcissistic, self-destructive family ripping at each other. The house and its ghosts are a mere backdrop. If it had been cut say, two episodes (their CONSTANT whining and sniping at each other could EASILY have been cut as it's painfully tedious and does not move the story forward) it would have been a decent, mildly spooky story of a really screwed up family. As it is I skipped at least two episodes to get to the ending. Not worth it unless you like watching self-absorbed jerks tear at each other at the top of their lungs.

Without any evidence that these folks are genuinely physically ill (for instance, I'd've liked to see Carmen in a room where someone in another room turned the power on and off randomly to see if she could tell), one must assume their problem is psychological. They smack of Munchausens (not by proxy, just Munchausens) - people who fake illness in order to get attention and pity. Clearly I don't know whether that's true, but that was my strong impression. Even if that's what it is, it is an illness and I hope they can get effectively treated. I'm really sorry for their families. It must be exhausting dealing with this.