I found this movie to be well done, but for an unexpected reason - it showed that no matter the type of person, in the end, getting care for the elderly is tough. People don't want to leave their friends, their homes, their Independence, or have other people meddling in their finances. Most of all, many elderly don't want to come to terms with the fact that they need help.
I really felt for Pat - she lost everyone at a young age, almost as if she was a death magnet, and then she's seen as the mean one who took Terri away from "the family." I think she wanted to have her own life rather than just be the outsider at Terri's family events. This is relatable to any couple where the majority of time is spent with one family of origin over the other.
This didn't feel like a LGBT documentary because while the women are lesbians, they didn't really go into depth about their relationship together or how they even knew they were gay, especially during the age they lived in.
My biggest question was why did they sleep in separate beds? Did they ever want a family? How did they live behind closed doors? The movie, regardless of the wedding scene made them seem like really good friends to the end, rather than romantic lovers.
I really felt for Pat - she lost everyone at a young age, almost as if she was a death magnet, and then she's seen as the mean one who took Terri away from "the family." I think she wanted to have her own life rather than just be the outsider at Terri's family events. This is relatable to any couple where the majority of time is spent with one family of origin over the other.
This didn't feel like a LGBT documentary because while the women are lesbians, they didn't really go into depth about their relationship together or how they even knew they were gay, especially during the age they lived in.
My biggest question was why did they sleep in separate beds? Did they ever want a family? How did they live behind closed doors? The movie, regardless of the wedding scene made them seem like really good friends to the end, rather than romantic lovers.