For the first 45 minutes or so, I felt like I was watching a Christopher Guest mockumentary, ala "A Mighty Wind" or "Best in Show." If I didn't know it was real, I would have thought Guest was playing Joe Exotic , Catherine O'Hara was cast as Carole Baskin and John Michael Higgins was Doc Antle.
I went into it with some trepidation, thinking it would be "brave and beautiful animal rescue woman vs depraved hillbilly animal abuser." However, as the show unfolded, I appreciated the fact that none of these people looked that good. Joe and Carole Baskin were basically two sides of the same exploitative coin. Doc seemed like he genuinely cared about the tigers but was a creepy cult leader.
Oh, and so far I am inclined to believe that Baskin murdered her husband.
