For a 15 minute production, I feel I shouldn't have so much to say; the writing of this piece tries ever so desperatley to feign reality in its dialogue, however all it manages to achieve is something that is clearly scripted and heightened. This would have been fine had the production decided to stay with one genre - in the opening minutes it had laid itself out as a story surrounding the relationships between people and the ending of life, yet as the minutes dregged on, suddenly slapstick humour was at the forefront and I thought "ah well if it's supposed to be a foolish comedy then the writing makes sense." Once again it presents as something it is not. Not 5 minutes later from the absurdity of the heist we are met with what I imagine is supposed to be profound dialogue between the old and new generations and is instead idle chatter that had no relevance to the characters within the story.
This premise has potential, however by attempting to squash all paths of potential into one production, it subtracts from the impact of the piece. The ending was anti-climactic. I felt no attachment to the main character or his wife as we see so little of her, and what we do see of him is so all over the place - all in all, the ending felt tacked on simply for the sake of having it and / or the script was written from the back forward which could also help with explaining why the narrative and genre constantly jump.
Before I wrap up, I shall bring merit to the cinamotogarphy; the camera work, the mis en scene and finally the atmosphere of a care home were achieved wonderfully and I enjoyed the production even if it was purely from a technical standpoint.
Overall however, I would only reccomend this as something incredibly niche watchers, or school children who need an assignment for their film class should watch. There is much to pick apart and much to merit, but as a whole the production was, as its characters, stagnant and grasping for what little enjoyment it could.
This premise has potential, however by attempting to squash all paths of potential into one production, it subtracts from the impact of the piece. The ending was anti-climactic. I felt no attachment to the main character or his wife as we see so little of her, and what we do see of him is so all over the place - all in all, the ending felt tacked on simply for the sake of having it and / or the script was written from the back forward which could also help with explaining why the narrative and genre constantly jump.
Before I wrap up, I shall bring merit to the cinamotogarphy; the camera work, the mis en scene and finally the atmosphere of a care home were achieved wonderfully and I enjoyed the production even if it was purely from a technical standpoint.
Overall however, I would only reccomend this as something incredibly niche watchers, or school children who need an assignment for their film class should watch. There is much to pick apart and much to merit, but as a whole the production was, as its characters, stagnant and grasping for what little enjoyment it could.