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Overall, I like the "Trainwreck" concept. The Woodstock 99 episode was particularly enlightening, as I remember when it happened. The show served to add dimensions to a complex story and the personalities involved.

PI Moms is a different animal entirely. While I'm not a fan of reality TV generally, I do think they could've made PI Moms a bit more engaging. There's an inherent contradiction between the actual messy work of crime-solving and the contrived antics of reality stars, something which the show could've explored. How did the PIs plan to reconcile their stated goals with the results of a successful show, namely that they'd lose their privacy and ability to do actual investigations? Doesn't a successful PI have to have a certain amount of anonymity?

This guy Carl comes off as an opportunist, but frankly, everyone in this show does, so it's not really a critique. Moreover, if caught up inadvertently in drug dealing, most rational people would cooperate with the police as he did.

As a show, PI Moms is very disjointed and misses the opportunity to tell a compelling story. Netflix will want to step it up for the Trainwreck series to continue.

I don't get the negativity from other reviews. I didn't watch this film expecting Great Art, and the film didn't present itself as such. As others pointed out, the premise isn't new and, like many films made on a limited budget, the production is sometimes a bit lacking. However, unlike other limited-budget efforts, the pacing is tight and the actors go full-throttle throughout. We get lines like:

Lead Vampire: You must join the undead. You only have to give up your body and soul.

Victim: I'm a waiter in a restaurant. It's too late for that.

If you're looking for cinema verite, or poignant commentary on the human condition, this is not that. It's a silly romp about fictional monsters and how people can be drawn to them.

6/10, since the actors involved clearly had a great time doing the film, and parts are very funny.

I can't figure out what this film was intended to be. As social parody or identity politics allegory, it's as subtle as a jackhammer busting up concrete. As an entry in the horror genre, it doesn't really engage the viewer. I found it hard to identify with most of the victims given their personalities, although the cast did a good job with the roles they were given. Finally, insertion of old Nazi film clips just seems gratuitous. As a coda, I watched it the day after Trump announced he could "seek a third term", despite Constitutional restrictions. In that context, the film is pretty unsettling, but standing on its own, it could use some clarity in plot and setting.