I thought the film was a bit touching. The students were so serious, even earnest about the task at hand, which really involved not much more than living within their limited means. There were moments when I thought to myself, well, of course you can make do with less, you're a student, der, but the film did a good job of reminding the viewer that for these young upper middle class people, this was a new experience. It was interesting to me that many of them viewed it as an experiment with a higher level of consciousness, when it was actually just a brush with reality. I was particularly struck by the one young woman who seemed to really struggle with the whole experience; once she was no longer able to shield herself with comfort shopping, and had to confront her state of being rather nakedly, she was clearly lost.