This was included on the disk "Shorts: Volume 2"--a rather dull collection of short films. Shorts are among my favorite style of films but somehow the people assembling this second collection had a hard time finding quality content--and it wasn't nearly as good as the first volume or other shorts collections. This particular short film is the only one in the set that was funny and my daughter and I laughed quite a bit while we watched.
Now the plot isn't particularly deep and the film is very short but still it put a smile on our faces. A man wakes up and begins talking exactly like he's on some super-happy morning show. He begins spouting the weather, traffic, telling stories and prattling on and on--all during which his wife is obviously sick and tired of him! When she ultimately blows up, the film reacts marvelously and the story is a little gem.
Cute, well written, directed and acted--this was terrific.
FYI--In no way does it harm the film, but in a mistake which I assume was NOT intended, this "morning guy" announces a happy 93rd birthday to Jacques Cousteau--though he'd already been dead for six years! Oops.
Now the plot isn't particularly deep and the film is very short but still it put a smile on our faces. A man wakes up and begins talking exactly like he's on some super-happy morning show. He begins spouting the weather, traffic, telling stories and prattling on and on--all during which his wife is obviously sick and tired of him! When she ultimately blows up, the film reacts marvelously and the story is a little gem.
Cute, well written, directed and acted--this was terrific.
FYI--In no way does it harm the film, but in a mistake which I assume was NOT intended, this "morning guy" announces a happy 93rd birthday to Jacques Cousteau--though he'd already been dead for six years! Oops.
