"Home Base" is an 8.5-minute American English-language short film from 2002, so this one has its 15th anniversary this year already. It is the only short film credit by writer and director Colin Trevorrow and he is enjoying quite a career these days being in charge of Jurassic World as well as Star Wars right now. This film we have here is how he started back when he was in his 20s. It is the story of a woman breaking up with her boyfriend and the boyfriend exacts revenge on her by starting to date the woman's mother. The funniest scene is probably when we see him act as if he has sex before the two go out on a date and the ex-girlfriend is downright disgusted obviously. Eventually, there is some serious talk between the ex-couple near the very end, but can it really fix things? watch for yourself as this film is basically the movie equivalent of a "your mother" joke. But an enjoyable one for sure. The female actors in here did not really break through in the 1.5 decades after this film, but Kristoffer Polaha is still enjoying a career in films you probably have heard of already. Not on the level of Trevorrow though. I give "Home Base" a thumbs-up. Pretty funny at times.
Review of Home Base
Home Base
(2002)
A bit childish yes, but it doesn't hurt its comedic appeal
21 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers