This short won the Academy Award for Live Action Short. There will be spoilers ahead:
This is a comedic parody of West Side Story with the setting changed to Israel and the star crossed lovers being Israeli and Palestinian and the two "houses" being competing fast food places right next door to one another.
The parallels to West Side Story are blatantly obvious. That's the problem-they're often too obvious for words. This is funny and entertaining, but it tries too hard and is too over the top. I enjoyed this, but the leads are too gorgeous by half, the two warring factions are too comical for words and it all comes off as a little too cute for its own good.
I understand why it won the Oscar and it's by no means a bad choice. But I would have preferred Helmer and Son or One Too Many myself.
This short is available on DVD in more than one instance, most notably on a DVD/Blu-Ray combination compilation released by Shots International of Academy Award winning live action and animated shorts. This short is worth watching and the DVD/Blu-Ray compilation is excellent. Recommended.
This is a comedic parody of West Side Story with the setting changed to Israel and the star crossed lovers being Israeli and Palestinian and the two "houses" being competing fast food places right next door to one another.
The parallels to West Side Story are blatantly obvious. That's the problem-they're often too obvious for words. This is funny and entertaining, but it tries too hard and is too over the top. I enjoyed this, but the leads are too gorgeous by half, the two warring factions are too comical for words and it all comes off as a little too cute for its own good.
I understand why it won the Oscar and it's by no means a bad choice. But I would have preferred Helmer and Son or One Too Many myself.
This short is available on DVD in more than one instance, most notably on a DVD/Blu-Ray combination compilation released by Shots International of Academy Award winning live action and animated shorts. This short is worth watching and the DVD/Blu-Ray compilation is excellent. Recommended.