Please Say Something (2008) User Reviews

unique, sweet, funny, sad; a great animated short

[framptonhollis · 7/10 · 15 April 2018]

It's a beautiful, oddly futuristic animated love story told in ten minutes. These ten minutes contain much of what one needs in order to build a great and effective short film, and plenty more. Stylistically, the film is fearlessly bizarre and oft-experimental. It combines the (oft-blackly) humorous w/the heartbreaking w/the uplifting. It's tender and tough and totally sincere, and definitely got better and better as it went along for me. At first, it kind of felt mildly underwhelming I guess, and I cannot really explain why, but by the time I was like only two minutes in, all of that washed away completely and I practically fell in love along w/the two protagonists.

Please Say Something was certainly something unusually compelling from animator David O'Reilly

[tavm · 6/10 · 23 March 2009]

This short, computer animated by David O'Reilly, was mentioned to me by Amid on Cartoon Brew as one that was given an award in one of those animation festivals. It depicts a mouse and a cat in a marriage that seems troubled and takes place in various times, past and future, that seems to be completely abstract concerning whether anything depicted in the entire 10-minute computer abstract designs are happening or not. The mouse is a writer so he, or maybe she since it's not too clear which gender is which animal, spends lots to times writing while the cat just walks to various places. There's also a hospital and a scarf that comes into play. Like I implied, not everything makes sense but by the end, you may get some inkling what is meant by all the random happenings depicted. So on that note, I'm giving Please Say Something a 6...

Strange but adorable at the same time

[Rectangular_businessman · 10/10 · 14 October 2011]

Since I saw the excellent animated music video that of the U2 song "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight", I became interested in the work of the Irish animator David O'Reilly.

"Please Say Something" had all the elements that I loved from the music video of the U2 song I mentioned before: Beautiful animation, A stylish character design, and a endearing story, with lots of heartwarming moments, which in this occasion are combined with many weird situations and plot twists.

Like the German film "Run Lola Run", "Please Say Something" explores the many possibilities and endings that one story could have, but it is the special touch of David O'Reilly what makes this short so special, being funny, incredibly strange and charming and the same time. The last scene is particularly sweet and well done.

After seeing the other shorts of David O'Reilly, I can say that "Please Say Something" is one of his best works, and is one of my favorite animated shorts from all the time.

10/10

One of the best love stories ever animated

[aqueldelotroladodelcero · 10/10 · 3 May 2009]

The perfect mix between "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Ratatouille".

Using digital technology (the so-called 3D animation), David O'Reilly delivers one of the best love stories that cats and mouses, men and women (lovers and arch enemies at the same time) could ever have in the history of short and feature film.

With treacherous and playful editing, an aesthetic full of contrasts and killer cliché-kind-of-lines, O'Reilly deserves more than millions of stars and countless thumbs up.

There is no wonder why this short film has earned so many awards around the world. Highly recommended for the hopelessly in love with love

Watch it ! Watch it and love it ! there's no other choice

One major deal breaker for me here

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 13 May 2016]

"Please Say Something" is a 10-minute animated movie from 8 years ago and there we have the problem right away. I hated the animation style used in here when the film started and while it slightly grew on me, I still disliked it a lot when the film ended. This is why I did not managed to appreciate this movie. Of course, if you manage to appreciate this futuristic, very geometric style is an entirely subjective matter. I did not. Quite a shame as I felt in story-telling, this film was a success for the most part. It is about the tumultuous relationship between a cat and a mouse and there is no eating the other involved. The tone reminded me a bit of Don Hertzfeldt occasionally and that is a great thing as I quite like him. The voices sounded like Donad Duck occasionally. All in all, I give this film a thumbs down though, because of the major I flaw I mentioned earlier. Not recommended.