I wish this documentary was more about minimalism and less about The Minimalists.

[finishes watching this] [immediately opens online shopping tab] anyway

this documentary "about" minimalism has seven words in it's title

Alternative title: Rich White Dudes on Macbooks State the Fucking Obvious

watching this was kind of like having a rich person tell u about how they r so much better than u bc they started taking the bus one day a week and bc of that they r singlehandedly saving the environment and were able to save enough money to buy another car. when u actually take the bus every day and it's not a fun quirky choice

"Don't give into advertising and consumerism" they say, as they advertise their seminars and books.

— 1/10.

It was good until the weird white guy in stringy leather sandals on a skateboard tried giving me life advice. But that was 2 minutes in and turned out to be the entire movie.

any examination of "minimalism" lacking a critical analysis of capitalism isn't an adequate examination at all

"I'm a hugger" "we're big huggers" "make sure you pick up a hug from us"

I had to watch this for class, and it was so painfully terrible.

I love watching two privileged douchey white men tell me that they were so sad working a good job that most people would be so lucky to have. Boohoo.

This barely explained minimalism and its impact on society. I thought they were genuinely going to explain its history and the many forms it is expressed in (fashion, homes, etc.). But instead they complained about capitalism and said the same damn thing for the whole documentary.

No real substance

Nice to have in the background while cleaning the house.

Yes, spread the message that we need to unclutter our lives cognitively, financially, etc. and take the fight to consumerist culture, but two rich millennial straight white boys touring the states to give self-help talks just sounds like a neoliberal version of the problem they’re trying to solve. And I know this doc tries to put qualifiers on the “you can’t buy happiness” cliche, but that still doesn’t stop it from alienating the demographic of viewers making under $50,000 a year. The far more important story is how the people who need this strategy—because calling it guidance or even ideology would be an insult to those people—the most can gain access to it without creating even more needless enterprises that just feed back into consumerist culture.

i watched this in class... so painful to sit through 2 upper class white dudes coping with unresolved trauma by giving away all their possessions, and then encouraging the audience to do the same thing.

Giving this self-serving feature length book tour promo one star in the interest of minimalism

Less is more.

The academic Patrick Rhone featured in this movie reminds me of Jude Law for some reason. Can we just give him all of Jude laws’ next roles? I’ll feel better watching a Black man take Jude law’s roles; all the same charisma but without the colonialism. Seeing Jude-Law-but-not-Jude-law on screen will also sit better since actual Jude law is a terrible person in real life. Let’s start the petition.

Anyway, this movie is like if the idea of anti-capitalism got coopted and made into a light-beer to sell at a microbrewery. No, I will not explain.

Quite an eye-opening film.

This movie really makes you rethink the things that are attached to you physically. If you need them and the difference to why we like and buy the things we have. I quite enjoyed this movie I think it's alright it made its point and message throughout the movie. I will definitely rethink the things I own and what could change.

i gave up when the guy thought that mixing dirty underwear with clean underwear (along with other clothing) and dividing them with a red underwear was like a BRILLIANT idea. what the fuck

plus this documentary is 100% rich people preaching about minimalism. fuck off

muito focada no contexto estadunidense e aborda questões como: pessoas viverem como escravas do capitalismo, consumismo vs materialismo, menos é mais, foco e saúde mental porém tudo de forma vaga e meio jogada pra reflexão (o que acaba tendo o efeito contrário e se tornando esquecível kk)

Well this felt minimal.