A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Acting
Grodin's slow-burn breakdown is masterful discomfort.
Direction
Brooks predicting 40 years of reality manipulation.
Writing
The 'real' vs. 'REAL real' debate still stings.
Director
Albert Brooks
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