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A Masterpiece!

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Fascinating documentary about a small time entrepreneur/hustler buying a grill at an unclaimed property storage unit auction and finding an amateurishly mummified human foot inside. Things get complicated when the owner of the foot, a drug addict, rich kid, perennial screw up, wants his foot back. Shannon Whisnant, the new owner of the foot, wants to parlay the foot into fame and fortune, and has no interest in returning the foot. John Wood, the man to whom the foot belongs, just wants his foot back. What unfolds is a crazy journey for both men that is impossible to predict what directions it goes and where it ultimately ends up. On the surface, this is a terrifically entertaining tale of two colorful sad sacks, but the film is more than that. The severed limb that serves as the McGuffin of the film becomes a symbol of sorts to both men as the key to unlocking their dreams. In the end, the foot has nothing to do with where the two end up and it's up to the individuals what they do wit their lives.

Shannon Whisnant purchased a grill at an auction. Inside the grill was an amputated leg. What follows is a story centered on the enterprising Whisnant and John Wood, the man whose leg wound up in the grill due to an odd chain of events.This story, by itself, is quite interesting because of the events and people involved. Shannon Whisnant is clearly crazy, with delusions of grandeur. He does not seem stupid, but clearly feels he has been slighted by the world and should be someone important. John Wood, on the other hand, is generally portrayed as the victim, but he has his own problems and from what we see in the film, he seems to have more or less thrown away a golden ticket.A little bit deeper, there are two issues I would love to have seen more of: one, why did the doctors let Wood keep his leg? I feel like there are some biohazard issues with letting people keep rotting flesh, and the film never really got into that.And two, I wish the issue would have gone through actual legal channels. There are some excellent legal questions involved: does the leg belong to the person who found it, just as money in a mattress would? Or is it clearly something different because it is human remains -- can you actually own part of another man? This could have been fascinating to see argued in court, but that never happens.

Maybe it's because I am in Ohio, and this took place in North Carolina, but I don't recall hearing anything about this public feud over a leg found in a smoker that was sold off in a storage unit auction. There are many different types of documentaries -- historical, biographical, ones that take on social, environmental or political issues, but soon into this film, I ascertained it to be I guess a comedic doc-?? Well, a bit farther into it, I realized there is more to this than I thought. In fact, I would call this a documentary about healing, recovering from addiction, and making amends. Definitely worth checking out sometime...

This is documentary filmmaking at its best, filled with hilarity, surprising twists and turns, eccentric characters, and poignant revelations. The film is brilliantly constructed from bits of news footage, beautifully photographed interviews, and quirky bits of animation that highlight the timeline of events. It's actually one of the best edited films of any kind that I have ever seen. Add to that a quirky soundtrack that's as unique as the real-life characters themselves, plus a story so bizarre it has to be witnessed to be believed — and you've got one absolutely remarkable film. It is best to come to this film without any preconceptions or expectations, so I am not even touching on elements of the story. This movie is a gem.