This was certainly unlike anything I have ever watched before. There was something very simplistic and ordinary about it; I can easily imagine many households to have the kind of connection and tight-knit relationship the way the Kerrigans do. So the show starts off with Dale, narrating, telling the viewers about his family and their usual rituals. The way in which it was narrated made me feel like I was reading a children's book, as it was told in a very gullible and repetitive manner, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, just...different. Darryl was portrayed as a strikingly positive person, always looking at the glass as half full, never letting anything get to him, and had such respect from his family it would appear they'd put him on a pedestal, and worship the very ground he walked on. Shortly after, everything became topsy-turvy as they were threatened to give up their humble abode in the name of development, and the ever glorious, ever optimistic Daryl turned sour and grew weary, desperate to keep his home and family right where they belong. The rest of the film reveals Daryl's quest to fight the system alongside his supportive family, nutty neighbors, his even nuttier pro-bono self-proclaimed lawyer and eventually winning back his property with the help of the excellent retired royal attorney.
So what was the huge hype and what made this 1997 production so successful and withheld the test of time?
My guess is the humor and ironies of life which most can identify with. Secondly, the lack of any concrete and complex ideas behind the film would make it an easy watch, given the right mental state. Thirdly, I suppose many would find it relateable given the familial values that intertwined and themes that surrounded the film. And last but not least, who doesn't like a happy ending? My advice for those who had to sit through a horror flick and loathed every moment of it: This would be a darn good neutralizer. Finito.
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