fascinate yet unsettling look at edith bouvier beale ( big edie ) and her daughter ( little edie ) aunt and first cousin to the late jacquelyn kennedy onasis . they live in a rodent infest and rundown mansion which be consider a health hazard by the city . it become quite clear very quickly that these two be well past eccentric . little edie seem to be the most off a she act with the mindset of a ten year old even though she be actually 53. the content be pretty much make up of two thing . the first be the conversation be little edie lambast big edie for drive away all her potential suitor and ruin her aspire career a writer and actress and and dancer . these discussion usually become very rhetorical and nonsensical and and often time amuse . the second part consist of long bout of attempt singing by both party . each of course think their singing be perfect and it only the other who sound bad . in one amazing scene big edie actually physically attack little edie with her cane just to get her to stop her warbling . very captivate yet one get the feeling that their be some serious exploitation go on here and the subject be just too far go to know it . the filmmaker seem to treat this like a freak show at the circus and come each day to record ( and chuckle ) at whatever bizarre behavior may come about . ultimately this be a sad picture a it show how the world have simply past these two by . their hope and dream as decay a the mansion they live in . despite their bickering these two need each other more than ever . for without the other there would be no refuge from the loneliness . most amazing line come from big edie whose many cat relieve themselves throughout her bedroom . her response to a complaint about the smell be simply unbelievable .