Review of 120 Seconds to Get Elected

"120 Seconds to Get Elected" is a Canadian 2-minute short film (as the title already says) and it was made by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Denis Villeneuve back in 2006. The lead actor is Alexis Martin and he plays a politician who wants to get elected and tries to walk the fine line between making the people happy without offending them. Oh well, most of what he tells is obviously lies and the over-the-top rhetoric and statements help things overall I guess. But there is really nothing too interesting to it. It somehow works as a parody of what basically all important politicians do and shows that they say what people want to hear, but sadly (just like the one in here) they won't act accordingly. It was like that 10 years ago when this film was made, probably also 100 years ago, and it is exactly like that today. From a cinematic perspective, there isn't anything really memorable to these 120 black-and-white seconds. I am sure it would not be a known work if it wasn't for the famous filmmaker behind it. Thumbs-down from me. Not recommended.