The first two that I watched were very good.For "Happy" they had the right mix of narrative, personal stories, and diagrams to convey different ways people can be happy. "Babies," on the other hand, was effective with a "hands off" approach (no narration, and leaving the families, seemingly, by themselves) in order to create an authentic document of the four different cultures portrayed throughout the film. Although the environments the four babies were growing up in seemed extremely different, all babies were loved, and all had the same milestones. (The establishing shots were beautiful, too. I loved the vibrant colors and clarity of the film.) For "babies" it was an interesting director's choice to not feature the whole family unit. Often the babies were seen by themselves, or they were zoomed in on during scenes with interactions with a parent.
"Waiting for Superman," so far, seemed a bit dry. The diagrams shown were effective in conveying messages, such as the view that "tenure" is causing problems regarding teachers who can't teach (my favorite diagram being the lemon dance), however when they put in personal bits, they seemed a little too long, so the whole picture was difficult to keep up with. I also thought more narrative would have helped tie everything together (but I haven't seen the whole movie yet...I had to go to bed in the middle of watching.)
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