Margie & Scott (2022) User Reviews

Liked it

[chihuahuamom-78642 · 8/10 · 18 July 2022]

Margie's likeability shined through & made me care about her.

Florida Project vibes but not just like it, no actors, not quite so dramatic, but there's still a story to unfold.

If you're already a fan of Dan's doc work you'll probably like it. Anything he's done in Florida is a hit IMO.

Life on the fringe

[Dorveille · 8/10 · 3 October 2022]

I have been a fan of Dan's for the past few years, since discovering his YouTube channel. This documentary builds on his earlier work, taking it in a new direction.

This is more of a character study, Margie and Scott are two people who have come together after circumstances forced them to live on the fringes of society. Now both living in a small hotel room in Florida, they are supportive of each other, but both are fighting their own demons.

Over the course of the documentary we do learn about their lives and how they ended up in this situation. They are struggling and at times their behaviour shows that (one hair raising scene with Margie in a swamp I could barely watch). You may think that their lives have hit rock bottom, but they are doing what they can to survive.

Despite the note of optimism at the end, ultimately it is a sad story. They both come across of likable people who have hit on hard times, it could happen to any of us.

A more serious side of Dan Bell's work

[ss47912120 · 8/10 · 16 June 2023]

Margie and Scott,both 50-something,both struggle with alcoholism,abusive partners,joblessness and their own traumas while staying together at a small Florida motel. Both sadly passed away in 2016 and 2019,respectively; before Dan Bell scrubbed his Twitter a while back there was a thread for his non-Patreon followers about what happened to Margie and Scott(part of the thread is still on an old Reddit post). Margie died of liver failure while living with a stranger,after being told by doctors to stop drinking immediately,but she couldn't. Her beloved little dog Munchkin had apparently been struck and killed by a car not long before her death. Scott died at the Vitas Hospice in Naples,Fl,but no cause of death was given. Not criticizing Dan Bell but the thread should have been left up in memoriam of these two tragic people.