little edie and big edie be character that anyone can feel compassion for . even though their house be filthy and this be somehow understandable consider their mental illness . on the message board a poster write that little edie have the cop skill of an eight year old . this remind me of when in the dramatized 2009 version and big edie say to little edie and if youre stuck and it only with yourself . these woman have everything while beauty and talent and intelligence and firm belief in their opinion and action . perhaps if little edie wasn not so hard on herself the first time thing do not work out and lose her hair and her job and and the love of her life and she would have make it . this somehow tie into what i believe be her mental illness represent her inability to pick herself up when time be hard and see that good time lie ahead . the world will never know what have happen if she do not listen to her mom plea and come home and edie . let me take care of you . yet these understandably insecure woman somehow manage to be brilliant and heartbreaking and and lovable and even in their extremely filthy home . these woman be extraordinary and and their interaction with each other bring humor and sadness . when edie have one of her emotional breakdown and dwell about what could have be and or about how she want to get out of her home because she feel like a little girl and one get the intense urge to hug her and tell her that everything will be okay . great documentary . positive .