Daniel and Jeannie have friends over to their house for an informal Christmas cocktail party. Friend Cindy brings her new boyfriend Bobby Finstock with her to the party and he seems to fit in well. When it comes time for all the couples to give each other their presents though, it transpires that Bobby's idea of "giving" is different from the others in the room.
A simple morality tale this one, where we learn the importance of loving everyone at Christmas, even if they have open sores on their genitals. Accordingly this film from Ragtag is an amusing idea with a twist on reality. I have seen a couple of their films so far and have seen that they can be very funny and clever but sadly in this case I think the concept works better as an idea, title or tagline than it actually does as a film. The whole thing is quite absurd in a good way but yet it doesn't totally translate into being as funny as I wanted it to be. It is absurd and quite silly but yet I wasn't really laughing that much.
Credit to Amyot and Tsapelas for doing it all in less than 48 hours but like too many of the shorts made within the NYC 48 Hour Project, you cannot avoid thinking that things would have been better if they had taken more time to make it! The cast help the material though by overplaying, with Lachioma being the best at it with a silly camp turn. Stevens is a bit weird but works well with Kearns but I thought Scott was weak while Schine and James had all the presence of shadows in the scenes.
Overall then a weak film which is a shame because the title and concept showed potential. The cast overplay things to match the Christmassy air that Amyot creates but yet the material remains silly rather than clever or funny.
A simple morality tale this one, where we learn the importance of loving everyone at Christmas, even if they have open sores on their genitals. Accordingly this film from Ragtag is an amusing idea with a twist on reality. I have seen a couple of their films so far and have seen that they can be very funny and clever but sadly in this case I think the concept works better as an idea, title or tagline than it actually does as a film. The whole thing is quite absurd in a good way but yet it doesn't totally translate into being as funny as I wanted it to be. It is absurd and quite silly but yet I wasn't really laughing that much.
Credit to Amyot and Tsapelas for doing it all in less than 48 hours but like too many of the shorts made within the NYC 48 Hour Project, you cannot avoid thinking that things would have been better if they had taken more time to make it! The cast help the material though by overplaying, with Lachioma being the best at it with a silly camp turn. Stevens is a bit weird but works well with Kearns but I thought Scott was weak while Schine and James had all the presence of shadows in the scenes.
Overall then a weak film which is a shame because the title and concept showed potential. The cast overplay things to match the Christmassy air that Amyot creates but yet the material remains silly rather than clever or funny.