Imagine never going outside. Imagine if you never went out of your house when you were a childhood. What would you do with your time? Would you want to go outside? Would you care? That's exactly the scenario of The Wolfpack. The Angulo family lived in a worn down apartment in New York City. The parents homeschooled their kids and never let them go outside, and their only glimpses of the outside world were through their window and the things they saw in movies. They claimed to own thousands of movies, and they spent their time watching and recreating them with their homemade props.
In its fly-on-the-wall style, the documentary offers a glimpse into their lives every day and delves into their flaws, their struggles, their yearnings, and their development as a family and as individuals. In the second half of the film, the filmmakers follow the older boys of the family outside, and the film chronicles their adventures in the outside world. At its core, the film is not just an interesting story about a family who is different, it's a people study, a study of individuals and how they cope with situations thrown at them, or in this case, a situation that they were born with.
The film is unusual because the people and the situation are both unusual as well. One still cares for the characters and wants to see them succeed with their wishes, whether those wishes include being free, making a movie, or stopping their dad's alcoholism. The cinematography isn't anything to feast your eyes with, but thats not the point. It's supposed to look in-the-moment and real, which one can assume it is. They managed to capture some pivotal moments in these boys' lives, and it shows on the screen.
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