TINY: A Story About Living Small

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Movie Info

A look inside the lives of self-proclaimed "Tiny Housers" who have built small homes stripped to their bare essentials so that they may live without financial burdens and reduce their carbon footprints while realizing their dreams of living in exotic locales including the mountains of Colorado.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Documentary, Special Interest
Directed By:

Christopher Smith, Merete Mueller
Written By:

Merete Mueller
In Theaters:

Mar 9, 2013 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Jun 2, 2014
Runtime:

62 minutes
Studio:

First Run Features

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Critic Reviews for TINY: A Story About Living Small

All Critics (4) | Fresh (4)

(The) 'message moments' are tempered by the personal story of Smith and Mueller, whose construction frustrations and romantic maturation give the film a compelling warmth.

June 26, 2014 | Full Review…

Simon Foster
Screen-Space
...beautifully shot and edited, [with] a natural dramatic structure based on following Smith's attempt to build his own tiny house ...

June 13, 2014 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl
A lovely, little documentary about a big dream

June 5, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Daniel Walber
Nonfics
It may even inspire you to draw up some floor plans of your own.

April 2, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tom Clift
Concrete Playground

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Audience Reviews for TINY: A Story About Living Small

Apr 05, 2016

An interesting documentary on tiny houses and the people who have adopted the mindset of essentially just needing the basics. Some discussion over the problems of having these houses meet code.

John B Super Reviewer