We were channel surfing one day and came across this short. I thought it very funny and wonderful ending. I laugh every time I even think about it. Best 10 minutes I've spent watching movies in a long time. If you get the chance, don't let it pass by. Well done!
3 Reviews
Amusing set up, poor pay off
bob the moo1 April 2003
Peter cooks a nice meal, tidies the house and waits for his girlfriend to come home. Peter wants to break up with her, he begins to tell her that he needs a change but gets interrupted by the phone. Sadly Juliet thinks he is proposing, and tells her friend on the phone. Before he knows where he is, Peter has a house full of friends and family all wishing them the best. How can be break up with her now?
Screened as part of the BBC2 compilation of shorts entitled `Ways to leave your lover' this was the opener and set a very light hearted tone to it. The situation exaggerates out of control as more and more people arrive to hear the good news. This must be building to a big punch line, I thought to myself. Sadly at the end the film goes a little serious as if trying to make a serious point among all this exaggeration. It didn't work for it at this point I'd rather than seen the build up pay off.
The cast do OK with Tennant in the lead and a few familiar TV faces in there as well from the UK. This is enjoyable enough because it is comic and knowingly exaggerated however it just really needed a strong finish which it lacks. Worth a watch but leaves you feeling a bit short changed.
Screened as part of the BBC2 compilation of shorts entitled `Ways to leave your lover' this was the opener and set a very light hearted tone to it. The situation exaggerates out of control as more and more people arrive to hear the good news. This must be building to a big punch line, I thought to myself. Sadly at the end the film goes a little serious as if trying to make a serious point among all this exaggeration. It didn't work for it at this point I'd rather than seen the build up pay off.
The cast do OK with Tennant in the lead and a few familiar TV faces in there as well from the UK. This is enjoyable enough because it is comic and knowingly exaggerated however it just really needed a strong finish which it lacks. Worth a watch but leaves you feeling a bit short changed.
Beware of accepting a dishwasher as a gift
cassandra200611 October 2006
Warning: Spoilers
***Contains spoilers*** The excellent David Tennant and his costar from Secret Smile, Kate something or other, are the epitome of a modern yuppie couple. She's a busy hospital doctor and, while it's never made clear how he makes his living, he has several DIY attributes that any busy girl would be glad to see in her bloke! When the film opens, it seems that he is ready to move on from the relationship and is rehearsing to himself acceptable ways of making the break, while waiting for her to return from work. He cooks a nice meal for them, opens a bottle of wine, and sees to some long-neglected household chores. Her return, all unaware of what is in store and thus prone to making the wrong responses, sets the seal on his subsequent dilemma. Add the arrival of her mother with new cushion covers and some bad news; a homicidal electric drill-wielding writer upstairs, and numerous friends and associates who descend on the couple to celebrate and we have a comic gem that builds up a sense of frenzy and confusion. The ending is terrific, in both senses of the word! Highly recommended. The script is clever, the directing and editing worked for me, and the performances are spot on. Enjoy!
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