99 Homes 8/10
Story about the housing collapse. This is the intimate side of the story. Set in Florida, it follows a residential construction worker who looses his job, looses his home, and ends up living in a motel with many others in similar situations. When he discovers some of his tools are stolen by the crew that set his possession out on the street, he goes to recover them and ultimately ends up working for the individual that evicted him.
So then, what would you do to get yourself, your mother, and your son out of this motel? What kind of person would you be, working for this money centered individual?
I liked the realistic and as I mentioned, intimate approach taken with this film. It is the individual representing the bank and the sheriff knocking on doors and physically moving people out, young and old alike. They do a good job of hitting home emotionally without overdoing it. The film did lack important detail of the process. There seemed to be an assumption on the part of the evicted as to having more time, through appeal (30 days) or on word from their lawyer. I would have liked to have known more about this. Similarly, the less than honest methods of taking advantage of Fannie Mae and the larger banks were kind of glossed over. I think there should have been more detail on this.
Well worth watching.
