On the surface this seems like a movie about a family that runs a pet cemetary but underneath it's a movie about the U. S., its values, its people, a fine documentary about capitalism and its macro aspect in a micro enterprise.
There is also some frustration in each of the people that run the business, especially the two sons, who seem to have a underlying feud, the extreme importance they take in their jobs, the way they lie to themselves thinking they have their own little empire.
It's like an alien came down, wanted to document the most important people in the U. S. and found only these ones, people that revolve around a pet cemetery. It's a weird and quirky one.
There is also some frustration in each of the people that run the business, especially the two sons, who seem to have a underlying feud, the extreme importance they take in their jobs, the way they lie to themselves thinking they have their own little empire.
It's like an alien came down, wanted to document the most important people in the U. S. and found only these ones, people that revolve around a pet cemetery. It's a weird and quirky one.