This US documentary follows the lives of David and Jackie Siegel. David is the billionaire owner of Westgate Resorts and lives in Florida. The film is like a reality show and takes place before and after the stock market crash of 2008.
In the beginning, the film is like a satire. The excesses of the rich seem gaudy and laughable at times. The attitudes of the couple and their large family seem way out of touch compared to the average person.
But all changes after 2008. It seems even the rich were affected by the stock market crash. In super-rich and less-rich times, the Siegels never seemed to be malicious, just perhaps naive. Maybe, the purpose of the film is to expose this side of truth even though it can be difficult to sympathize with someone who helped George W. Bush get elected.
At 100 minutes, the film seems rather long near the end. It helped to have interviewed the Philipina nannies of the household. It would have been more effective to have interviewed former employees of the enterprise who lost their jobs and others affected in similar ways. But overall, the film does well in exposing a group of people rarely covered in documentaries. The film does not side one way or the other. It exposes as much as possible leaving the viewers to decide.
In the beginning, the film is like a satire. The excesses of the rich seem gaudy and laughable at times. The attitudes of the couple and their large family seem way out of touch compared to the average person.
But all changes after 2008. It seems even the rich were affected by the stock market crash. In super-rich and less-rich times, the Siegels never seemed to be malicious, just perhaps naive. Maybe, the purpose of the film is to expose this side of truth even though it can be difficult to sympathize with someone who helped George W. Bush get elected.
At 100 minutes, the film seems rather long near the end. It helped to have interviewed the Philipina nannies of the household. It would have been more effective to have interviewed former employees of the enterprise who lost their jobs and others affected in similar ways. But overall, the film does well in exposing a group of people rarely covered in documentaries. The film does not side one way or the other. It exposes as much as possible leaving the viewers to decide.