Vernon Florida

Vernon Florida (1981)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (1,882 ratings)

For his second documentary feature, Errol Morris originally set out to chronicle Vernon, FL, because it had the highest rate of a particular sort of insurance fraud -- dismemberment performed for profit -- than any other place in the country. Nothing of that original idea survives in the film… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Oct 8, 1981 Wide
On DVD
Jul 26, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Annette Cardwell, Filmcritic.com

    engrossing and rather endearing

  • Rumsey Taylor, Not Coming to a Theater Near You

    Vernon at first appears to be an exploitative display of the fluent eccentricities of a rural compendium and becomes collectively applicable, even relevant.

  • John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews

    the great turkey hunter creates a long lasting character along with the other Vernon residents

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Reid V


    While I love Morris, this is not one of his most impressive documentaries. While it does feature an oddly fascinating cast of characters, it could have used a bit more focus. Something to tie these disparate subjects together. Again, Morris does not mock his interviewees. True to… More

  • Steve K


    Documentary about small town life in Florida in 1981. Engaging.

  • Curtis L


    Best quotable lines in any movie ever. Period. You will laugh your face off, then feel bad about it. I love this movie. Each time you watch it, you progress in the characters you like, till you settle on the turkey hunter, old guy with jewl, old man with turtle, and who can not… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]"Vernon, Florida" is a documentary by Errol Morris about the citizens of a small Florida town who talk about their daily lives, apparently responding to questions asked off-camera.(It is refreshing that these are not the hyper-articulate talking heads… More

  • Robert F


    Engrossing and endearing.

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