You’re going to smile when you see Minimalism: A Documentary About The Important Things. It’s on Netflix.


The main characters are compelling. They reach a point in their lives that it all comes together. What they do next just makes sense to them. They are not selling anything, except maybe a book.

Their first audiences mirror their own philosophy and they find the humor in it.

A couple of guys reflect on where they came from, where they thought they wanted to go, their arrival, and their subsequent complete change in direction. The movie treats us to similar observations made by others, including families and scholars.

In the end, it’s all about quality and our connections to each other. We are on a similar road.