Vernon, Florida
Just as a little bit of interesting but not really essential bit of background information about this movie to begin with, I pulled this from wikipedia:
Originally titled Nub City, this follow-up to Gates of Heaven was initially focused on residents of the Southern town who cut off their own limbs as a way to collect insurance money. After Morris' life was threatened by the subjects of the film, he re-worked Nub City into Vernon, Florida.
Nothing about cutting off limbs or insurance ever gets brought up in this film, at least from what I remember. What we get is one of the simplest forms of the talking heads that you expect from any Errol Morris. Lots of eccentric personalities that aren't too related to each other either, other than that they all reside in this same town. However a lot of them do seem to have a connection with animals. After Gates of Heaven and after seeing some of his later films, Morris seems to find a lot of people who have some kind of special or unusual connection with animals. Obviously the kind of animals a person is drawn to and the way they view them can say a lot about a person.
I don't have too much more to pick apart in this movie. It's certainly entertaining most of the time, but not profound or overly entertaining enough to raise it to the level of one of my favorites. Still worth checking out especially if you've seen anything else by Morris and liked it.
Rating: 8/10