In 'This Place Rules,' Andrew Callaghan highlights the way America itself has become unhinged. Our review:
When one imagines the end of America as we know it—a prospect that has grown increasingly likely in at least some capacity over the last several years—what will it look like? Will it be with loud explosions and fighting in the streets? Political corruption that consumes the highest levels of power? A combination of all that plus more we don’t yet know is coming? Whatever the future holds, it may involve a tall, curly-haired man running around the middle of all this with a microphone in hand.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Callaghan had gained a following for his unique approach to interviewing people in odd situations and drawing out confessions that could range from cringe-worthy to downright chilling. In particular, it was his exploration of conspiracies and extremist right-wing groups that made his videos into something more than they may seem on the goofy surface.
So while he still has a radar for people who will begin rapping to him, somehow oblivious to how truly terrible they are at it, and a sense for finding humor in places others would not even think to go to, the most compelling aspects come from when it settles into something far more focused. There are a lot of other scattered interviews and distractions that hold This Place Rules from being as resonant as it is striving to be.
There are still enough pieces that end up falling into place, even as they get jumbled up in everything else. One other man that the documentary focuses on early on is spouting conspiracies and essentially living alone, spiraling further into hate in complete isolation. He soon gets left behind with Callaghan briefly referencing how he is not allowed to travel outside the state.
With This Place Rules, Callaghan has captured who America actually is on a larger canvas, and while the manner in which he paints lessens its impact, who we are underneath it all is where it finds slices of grim truth all the same.
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