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Ghost Brothers (2016)
More Comedy Than Paranormal ... but Fun
They're more fun to watch than anything else ... they're so easily spooked by the "paranormal", part of me wonders if they shouldn't have tried another line of work, and the other part laughs at their antics ... the wife who keeps calling in at critical moments and yelling, "Don't be bringing any spirits home with you now!" and other brow- beating until he hangs up on her. Cracks me up.
Family Band: The Cowsills Story (2011)
Riveting; Wish It Had Gone Deeper
It had to be tough pulling all 7 of the surviving (at the start) Cowsills together and having it weave a coherent narrative, but in part, this documentary does that. For those of us who remember their meteoric rise, perfect harmonies and sudden dramatic disappearance, this documentary answered a lot of questions. Contrary to Cousin Brucie's theory that the music industry changed - they still had a huge number of fans who were left wondering what had happened to them. As musically talented as they were and still are, they could have easily gone with any changes the musical landscape had to throw at them and not only survived but thrived.
I wish it had gone a little deeper in parts - their mother's part in all this was glossed over and she got off way too lightly, but maybe it was a time issue. I mean, she kicks her only daughter out of the house for surviving an attempted rape by her father? Stood around smoking while the father beat all of his sons bloody? Who does that? The woman had the best escape route in history (the marketable talent of her kids, which was impressive), and she didn't take it to protect them from the brutality? We never understand why.
So, for what it did cover, I found this to be a well produced and very interesting documentary. Answered a lot of questions. Just not all.