Tiny: A Story About Living Small

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Tiny: A Story About Living Small

2013

1h 6m

Documentary

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Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller chronicle their efforts to construct a mobile home that measures only 120 square feet but contains the comforts of larger houses.

Simon Foster

Screen-Space (Substack)

(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.

Jun 26, 2014

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

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

Rated: 6/10

Jun 13, 2014

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Daniel Walber

Nonfics (Substack)

A lovely, little documentary about a big dream

Rated: 3/5

Jun 5, 2014

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Tom Clift

Concrete Playground

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

Rated: 3/5

Apr 2, 2014

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Very pretentious. The houses are cool, but the guy sucked. Watched on Netflix at home, September 8, 2015.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

I want a TINY house.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Boring, watch on mute and fastforward through the family scenes. Unmute for the well known builders, Lee Pera is good. Guy building is not very engaging at all, just watch him blunder through on fast mode. pause for the tiny houses other people have.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Really cool. Living small challenge the norm, the societal need to evaluate success based in ownership of stuff. Nicely told story. Simple. Impactful.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Good doc on Tiny houses.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Merete Mueller

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Christopher Smith

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Merete Mueller

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Christopher Smith

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Synopsis

Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller chronicle their efforts to construct a mobile home that measures only 120 square feet but contains the comforts of larger houses.

Director: Merete Mueller, Christopher Smith
Producer: Merete Mueller, Christopher Smith
Screenwriter: Merete Mueller
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Runtime: 1h 6m

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