This movie shows the poor, underprivileged, yet close-knit and seemingly happy family that lives in Appalachia. There's another side to the movie that most people don't see. All throughout the movie almost every family is living primarily off of welfare....they get their medicine through welfare. Instead of getting up off of their butts and doing something (aside from the few that "collect moss from the woods and sell it to pet stores"), they are sitting around not doing a thing, and are draining the economy's tax money. Your money. This movie depicts the negative side of Welfare. Welfare was created to benefit those who worked hard but cannot sustain enough to properly keep their family business, etc. in good health. But this shows how welfare has negative effects as well: it encourages some to be lazy and solely live off of the countries welfare instead of trying to hold steady jobs.
Review of American Hollow
