Actually, not everyone may find the film 'sad' or 'scary'. The main characters are bright, thoughtful, and trying to find their own personal answers....but I think sometimes the "cinema verite" style can reveal subtexts that even the participants miss.

I've seen several examples of this NEW style recently (the travails of a British family trying to live a Victorian lifestyle.....and of course the "Lofters" shows and spin-offs) and the added ingredient is the extra "PRIVATE" camera, where the people really let down their hair about what they're feeling at THAT moment. It often doesn't jive with the group dynamic of a few minutes before.

I think (and this may be what separates the folks from their sixties counterparts) that all the participants DO accept that the vast majority of folks ARE couple oriented. They seem to feel that they are somehow different, and really want to explore it. For me, the sadness was that every brief moment of relaxation and comfort, seemed to be followed by HUGE emotional upheaval....and no matter how they tried, the people could only talk in a kind of "New age" style about how hurt, or jealous they were. It almost seemed that to admit being affected by the emotions of "the mainstream" was considered 'failure'. Hope you get a chance to see it. It's fascinating. Much better than others of it's ilk I've seen.

Rick