Real Life
1979 · 1h 39m · Comedy · United States of America · Rated PG (US)
An American Comedy
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
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Albert Brooks6.4Smart score
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documentary filmmakingdull suburbdysfunctional familyfamily portraitfaux reality showfilm crewfilm directorfilmmakingfound footagemockumentarynarcissistpsychological disintegrationsocial experiment
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