2015 Directed by Matt D'Avella
How might your life be better with less? The popular simple-living duo The Minimalists examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from various walks of life.
Somewhere in here there's an important message that could become very powerful and resonant with a lot of people, more now than ever, but there's some trouble sussing out what that is. Is it about our consumerist nature? Is it about uncovering what our purpose in life is? Is it about hugs? I don't know!
There's a little bit too much self-importance at the center of the documentary for me to really want to wrap my arms around it in a big embrace. One guy literally reads a passage from his own book to us ON A BEACH. There's also a lot of minimalists on their iMacs, despite repetitive, negatively-framed scenes of people in Apple stores.
I really like the…
I'm a hugger.
-Joshua Fields Millburn
It's like listening to a crack addict tell you that you shouldn't have a beer with your supper because substance abuse leads to unhappiness.
Two former materialistic douchebags explain how unhappy they used to be and how happy they are now that they've gotten ride of all their stuff and started spreading the word about minimalism. Weirdly neither one of them seem to make a correlation between their unhappiness and that they were douchebags at the time. I also question if they're current happiness doesn't come from the fact that their getting attention through their book.
I can see how living a minimalism lifestyle could make some happy, but this documentary has very little…
Minimalism is a great thing, and something I've been slowly working on integrating into my day to day life for a few years now. And this documentary could have been more than okay for me, but unfortunately the thing that got me into minimalism in the first place is the thing that ruins this film for me - The Minimalists themselves.
There were so many topics and people that I would have loved to have heard more about - the ex-Wall Street broker, Leo Babauta and how he incorporates minimalism with 6 kids (his blog is great), how to deal with wanting to make a massive life change such as quitting your job for something more fulfilling (like The Minimalists…
The concept of minimalism is quite interesting yet this documentary spent a bit too much time talking about these guys rather than minimalism. After viewing this doc, I couldn't help but think about how I should clean out some stuff from my closet, perhaps take up meditation, and about how soul-sucking my job is. If this documentary is to get you thinking about your life, it completely succeeds.
the one question that went through my mind the entire documentary was—“you need a shit ton of money for that, don’t you?”
minimalism: for rich white dudes only
This documentary didn't really document anything. It just people who have products to sell, telling you about the best thing since baked bread. Telling you about how great their live choices are.
It would've been 10 times more interesting if we actually followed a few people around in their daily lives: what problems do they run in to? What interesting choices did they have to make? How does that woman live in that tiny house? THAT'S the interesting part!
Instead it's people traveling the States with their minimalistic $1.500 Macbook Pro's, talking to yes-men around the country. Where is the discussion?
I’m a pretty big Matt D’Avella fan so I was stoked when I saw his doc is on Netflix. I think it’s shot and edited really well, but overall I just wanted it to go a little bit deeper. It stayed on the surface and consequently was repetitive. Some of the additional sources used should have had more screen time as well. There were a ton of people used in this film who had really interesting stories, but they all were used to fuel the Minimalist’s flame, which is disappointing.
Don’t use this film as a reason not to check out D’Avella’s YouTube. He puts a lot of work into it and consistently delivers good content.
Minimalism is something that really fascinates me and I appreciate the idea of moving away from consumerism and living without excess. However this documentary was pretty boring with unlikable leads and uninteresting subjects. I believe a far better documentary about minimalism could be made.
Yeah, there are of course good ideas in minimalism, people should stop consuming stupid stuff they don't need or even really want. However I am a bit tired of that whole "travelling around with a small bag gives your life meaning"-thing. You don't have to wander the earth to find meaning and value in your life. If you find a place that feels like home, it's just as meaningful staying there.
But yeah. Screw that whole "I need the latest iPhone just because"-bullshit. No, you don't.
I'm not a minimalist at all. I have loads of stuff. But I use it. Books, records, movies and clothes. I build Lego. I buy toys for my dogs.
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