A home video from the '90s captures the chaos of a family coping with three life-changing events over 24 hours.

Claustrophobic, caustic, yet tremendously charming, and achingly retro-cool!

BDM is blessed with innovative direction, deadpan dialogue, and a gifted cast.

Remarkable last five minutes that teaches movies with greater budgets how to properly do closure.

Some may find the breadth of characters to be overwhelming, and the narrative at times underwhelming.

But this remains one of the best Kiwi mockumentaries since 'What We Do In The Shadows', from one of NZ's best kept secrets.

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One family. One weekend. One hell of a home video. Births, Deaths and Marriages is a slice of life kiwi comedy about life, death and everything in between.

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