Well done, straight-faced documentary that follows a fantasy live-action role-playing group in Maryland.
While the concept (of LARPing) is ludicrous on the surface, this film does a good job of exploring how these folks are using the activity to strengthen their personal and professional lives. Like religion, I say whatever floats your boat and encourages positive, meaningful relationships with others is a good thing.
I found the gaming scenes intensely boring and skipped most of them. But, the "normal" scenes and interviews made the movie well worth watching. Like The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, you can't help but to really feel for these folks. Life (real and imagined) is brutally hard.
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