Wonderfully offbeat film!

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Nathan Smith makes this movie. I love his vocabulary and the way he talks.

I'm in the middle of watching it now.I have a Question about the garden but when I tried to ask this as a FAQ it did not have any option there to post a question. I'm trying to find out what was going on it the section when the errand runner man stops at the nice public garden where he stops at every day for years and some nasty woman in a big hat chases him out literally and very rudely. What is this garden and why would someone who is a docent there act that way to someone? It is very puzzling to us and is not explained at all in the film (as they just have the men speak for themselves with no narration). As for the film as a whole... it's Interesting...never saw another doc on this subject and have read little on it. The men have many similarities to the street people homeless we see today in the big cities but these guys pay for a very basic roof over their head where they can drink or take drugs or deal with whatever mental issues they have. In homeless shelters you can't drink or take drugs and be right there doing so like you can at a flop like this. It's interesting to see the differences between living like this and being a street person (homeless) or being say in prison... as I've seen many documentaries on men in both of those situations. And seeing this makes one appreciate your own life more and your own living situation and life style.

"Sunshine Hotel" tells the story of an old hotel building in New York City, where tiny rooms are being rented to people with minimal income and how they interact in an environment full of addiction, violence and broken dreams.This film is another great example how different circumstances can lead into a downwards spirale that is ultimately hard to escape. It shows that poverty has in some cases nothing to do with the abilities or the personality of a person and invites the viewers to be more open-minded and tolerant towards people left behind by the society. At the same time it adds to the picture of the city and lifts the curtain to a world that most likely will be new to most viewers. At some points it can be hard for someone who isn't a native english speaker to understand everything, but apart from that there is much to explore.All in all this is a well-made documentary with a very interesting topic that tells some of the stories of the city that we tend to forget about most of the time.

I just saw this very interesting documentary and it kicked butt! It's full of amazing tidbits and elaborate scenery. What I enjoyed most is how they REALLY REALLY REALLY did an in-depth look at the Sunshine Hotel and it's many aspects. Thumbs Way Up and I gave this a perfect 10.