I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Brilliant and touching

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Potential spoilers ahead.This movie does a very good job showcasing what happens to people who die alone - either because of separation from family or because they're the last family member left having died childless and outliving everyone else in the family.With a high degree of realism this movie is not for the faint of heart. It is graphic in some parts, showing the reality of death, presenting the deceased as they actually are, with some of the deceased naked - with one such person showing obvious decomposition after having been dead a while in his apartment. It shows cremations in progress and the processing of the cremains after the cremation is done.In addition to the graphic realism it shows some of the more mundane things that happen - such as the work involved with finding next of kin and disposing of property. I liked seeing the old computer system that the people at the coroner's office used at the time - it made me nostalgic for the days when people used dumb terminals to do their work and not tablets or other devices with the latest GUIs.If you feel able to handle the graphic realism of the film I would highly recommend seeing it. It shows how some people die without friends or family to take care of them afterwards, and the work that goes along with such passings.

I found this to be an extremely moving film. It's an unflinching and honest look at the work that is involved when a john doe is found. I admired the lengths that these county workers had to take to give each person a name and to handle their affairs, if any were left. I felt that the workers did a very good job. i imagine that a certain amount of stoicism would be necessary to be able to see complete strangers at their most vulnerable. the film is very visceral and graphic in how we see the journey of each body from beginning to end and it was shocking to see how many bodies passed through the cremation process, and not just the three that the filmmakers followed. i was very sad to see the belongings of Mr. tanner sitting anonymously at the auction. there was a desire to be able to speak up and give the belongings a name and a history from where they came. i admired the way that they took the time to shred all of his checking account papers, to give him some protection, even after death. it's a very very admirable film and i would highly recommend it to anyone who wonders what happens when someone dies alone.

I love this film. The director's unblinking eye captures something extraordinary and mundane. You see the process of laying to rest the John and Jane Does of Los Angeles. Some parts are extremely graphic, showing the bodies of deceased people (vagrants really) as well as the practical and unsettlingly methodical protocol used to handle and interr the remains. Part of me sees this film as a sweet elegy about death and impermanence. The other part of me sees a film about fascism and genocide because all of the living characters are lower-middle class bureaucrats who exist in a bureaucratic fog. Whether they shuffle papers or crush incinerated bone fragments, there is an alarming detachment masked behind a thin layer of civic obligation. This is not like the docs on CourtTV; this is a thoughtful, well-shot production.

The film follows the events that happen following three people's deaths in LA county. None of them have next of kins and are in the hand of the government.Overall, it was good but not captivating enough. Only one of the three I felt that I really gotten to know his life or who he is. The other two people followed in the film felt "incomplete." The people they interviewed also did not seem passionate enough about their jobs, and as a result, I did not feel the emotions I expected from a film with its goal.