Post-It Love (2009) User Reviews

Cute little comedy about overcoming your shyness

[Horst_In_Translation · 8/10 · 8 September 2013]

After seeing Charity Wakefield in "Day of the Flowers" earlier this month and developing massive crush on her, I thought I'd check out some more of her earlier work. The most-likely shortest, standing at less than three minutes, project she's ever been in is "Post-It Love" from four years ago. She plays a shy girl working in an office developing a crush on an equally shy co-worker, played by Lee Ingleby, who was mostly known to me for having a minor role in my favorite Harry Potter movie The Prisoner of Azkaban.

So what can you do when there's attraction, but both sides seem to shy to talk to the other directly. This short film suggests small post-it messages to come closer after the first bashful eye contact. We get to witness smiley faces, the two sharing a very special sunrise, sweet reflections in the mirror, flower power and that does not even include the ending. I really enjoyed it a lot, also thanks to the tune going nicely together with the actions of the duo. Doesn't get much better for three minutes.

Sweet little short that builds well despite the music not working for me as well as it should have

[bob the moo · 24 March 2012]

A simple little sketch this one: two office workers spend their days next to one another but hardly say a word. An affectionate gesture (a smiley face made out of Post-It notes) starts a relationship between the two of them that consists of more of the same, with each of them trying to outdo the other in terms of creativity.

The concept is simple and is nicely summed up by the title, but although very short and slight, the film does work because of how sweet it is. The two actors manage to have a certain amount of chemistry between them despite the lack of words. In particular Charity Wakefield is strong – and I specifically liked the close-up on her eyes in the stationary cupboard. Ingleby didn't strike me as the right person for the role, even though he did do well – perhaps I am biased because I always think of his small role in Spaced when I look at him.

The direction and the creation of the Post-It art is cheery and upbeat; I liked the camera being part of the unspoken flirting between the two – quick glimpses, sharp edits, nothing too fancy. The one thing I thought could have been done better was perhaps the music; I found it too cheesy for the film and it actually knocked some of the charm out of the film for me due to how obvious it was. Despite that though, at three minutes long, this little short film is charming enough to carry the idea off.