'Stories We Tell (2012)' takes more twists and turns than most fictional outings, told via a myriad of complementing and contrasting to-camera interviews and plenty of old home-video footage. Even without its exploration of memory and truth, it's a compelling true-life tale filled with emotional resonance. Yet, its musings on what it really takes to convey and, even, understand what really happened are incredibly interesting and are, arguably, what elevate it above many others in its genre. Most of our lives seem mundane to us, yet they may be riveting to others; we're often unable to see what makes our existence stand out from everyone else's, simply because we can't see ourselves from the outside. This is the sort of thing the affair makes you think about. It's a brave, deeply personal effort from Polley and it's surprisingly gripping throughout. 7/10
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