This short film focuses on a couple in a long term relationship going through a stressful period in their life. The stress caused by joblessness and jealousy is internalized by the couple and shows up in Tom's dreams, played by Efraiem Hanna. Tom's innocence maintained through out the film is what makes this film hilarious. The extremely beautiful Whitney Star does a wonderful job playing the crazy, jealous girlfriend, Amanda. She makes it believable that a women who is strikingly beautiful can also be extremely jealous. Both characters' quippy comments will keep you laughing. Efraiem is naturally funny and effortlessly delivers one liners with smooth execution.
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deadpan acting
smithmig8 May 2014
I thought this film was a nice little comedy about the stresses that come from being out of work while trying to maintain a relationship. I also thought it had some effective examples of how to do comedy in an understated, deadpan manner. Given the subject matter, sometimes such a comedy will use more of an "in your face style." However, in the case of this film, I felt like the actors, especially Eraiem Hanna, deliver some of the lines in a more matter of fact way, which makes them even funnier. For example, I like how Tom (Hanna's character) pleads with his girlfriend to stop hitting him. He also has a nice line that involves aspirin. The look on his face and his delivery of the line make it really effective. The film offers some good examples of how to deliver funny lines without being too obvious about it.
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