These people should have never had children

you're wildly mis-quoting the documentary here and I completely disagree with you

I would have loved it if my parents at the sam attitudes as Betty and George

"The world moves for love, It kneels before it in awe" - The Village

One still photo, in particular, struck me as particularly poignant. In it, the Woodman parents are gazing deeply into each other's eyes like star-crossed lovers. Charlie, meanwhile, gazes up admiringly at his Dad, as if seeking reciprocal attention. On the opposite side, sitting on Daddy's lap, Francesca is looking away from everyone, as if to say, "I don't feel welcome here" or simply "I don't belong."

It seems their own narcissism blinded them to the narcissism in their own daughter.

I totally agree. I have very little sympathy for the father and NONE for the mother. "How do you deal with the guilt?" I avoid it or something along those lines. How convenient for her. I found her totally self absorbed and even jealous of her daughter's work. I found the whole film distasteful.

I completely agree. Betty says that she wanted to see what it was like to be pregnant and give birth but hadn't thought about what having a child meant. That struck me, as it did through the whole movie, as a philosophical life choice; I'm doing this just to see what its like and damn the consequences!

At the end when she was talking about Francesca's success she voiced "what about me?" I wanted to cry. When George said he wouldn't have found Francesca as interesting if she hadn't been an artist, I wanted to cry.

It was a painful movie to watch. Maybe that was what the director wanted you to come away with..fully narcissistic parents and their effect on their daughter.