Tabloid
Dir: Errol Morris
2011
****
Kidnapping, magic underwear, religious cultism, the British Press, a sex scandal, a police investigation and the cloning of a dog called Booger. Errol Morris reads between the lines in this funny, fascinating and unbelievably true story of eccentricity at it's most glorious. It takes all sorts to make a world and here is the proof. Yet again, Errol Morris shows something for what it is, in this case he shows what was known as the Mormon sex in chains case of 1977 for the nonsense it was. Morris is never manipulative though, when the story is good he lets it tell itself, and although he was sued (unsuccessfully) by Joyce McKinney (the 'star' of the film) a year after its release, you can see his intentions from the start. Morris is never cruel though, far from it, his film are a celebration of the unordinary most of the time and if you're 'shown up' it's entirely your own doing and you probably had it coming.