It's not unusual for kids with camcorders to recreate movies they've seen. This is why it's extremely important that children watch something other than superhero and action movies. George and Mike Kuchar, for example, watched Douglas Sirk melodramas.
Wolfpack is a documentary about the Angulo brothers. Their mother was an American hippie, their father an abusive Peruvian. They were isolated for years in their New York City apartment. It must have been low income housing since they said that their father didn't work. They were "home schooled". Never allowed outside. Their isolation was what distinguished them from other kids with camcorders.
We see them re-enacting scenes from Reservoir Dogs. I don't know how or why they happened to own suits and ties. Then we see them doing a Batman movie with homemade costumes.
Some have expressed doubts as to how factual the documentary was. The filmmakers weren't able to dig deeper and talk to anyone else about them. The family had control over how they were portrayed. I don't know what to make of it, but I find it comforting to think it may not have been entirely true.
Available on Tubi and Pluto on streaming video.
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