The last Scene of the movie suggests:

... that Sarah thought her mother was a whore... And really doesn't know her very well.. And that No One really knew her that well.


I just thought it was significant that Sarah choose the absolute last line of the film to be Geoff's confession that he slept with her mother "once".

Whats the purpose of ending it in that way i ask?

I immediately thought the director (Sarah Polley) meant to suggest that her mother was a promiscuous whore who wasn't "just looking for the love that she couldn't get from her husband Michael". Geoffs sleeping with Diane kinda throws sand on this whole image of this Wonderful Secret Romance shared by Diane and Harry thats talked about so "beautifully".

It kinda makes the whole story seem worthless at the end. Like, nope, we still dont know who Diane was. Or this story has even more layers to it, Stories We Tell Part2 in theaters next year.


I felt the story was good, but not 110mins good. More like 80mins or so. And at the same time it was incomplete with some of the characters stories. I would have liked to seen a conclusion from all of Dianes kids on how they felt about her once they learned of her secrets. I still dont get how Dianes family can be so forgiving/supportive of her affairs while she was married.


Stories We Tell:6/10



1/10= Toxic
3= Disappointing
5= Ok
6= Recommended
8= Excellent!
10/10= Classic.