A Couple' a Wetties

Working as a kind of piece the puzzle together MEMENTO to discern the events of a party last night via way of LOVE ISLAND, this film was absolutely riveting for the most part with some of the best camerawork in the whole competition so far this year, although straight up in my honest opinion the ending let it down like a lead balloon.

I thought the way that the lead actor conveyed a sense of surprise and bewilderment at the strange people in his abode following a rager was really well done, and the urgency to escape was expertly edited and paced, with the shots on the beach absolutely glorious...and when things got weird man I was ALL IN on this short with the Icarus-inspired stranger flying in to elevate proceedings.

Edge of the seat stuff, the camera crash zooming into the building from afar had me gasping as I watched. But I just can't stress enough that then moving to talking heads giving their thoughts completely took me out of the moment.

You brought it back with some grassroots humour and the cat swap to get back on the incredibly strange roundabout, but I just wasn't sold on the narrative overall. That camera work though, really sensational!

Story: 2/5
Technical: 4/5
Elements: 4/5
Overall: 3/5

This is by far my favourite film for 2022. I absolutely had no idea what was going on - which of course is something I loved about it - and I couldn't work out who or what was the swap. Did a person swap with a seagull? Was that a cat in the lap (with incredible smile) that turned into a human? I have no idea hahaha. But wow the quirkiness and randomness - I just fell in love with this film and watched it many times over, can't wait to see it again.
I did love how it was in three parts that seemed unrelated or randomly related to each other through the actors - the opening scene and beach scene, followed by the actors appearing to be on stage or being interviewed, followed by the gatekeeper scene. I totally found this film very satisfying, entertaining and mentally stimulating because of all the questions forming in my mind. Superb crazy actors, humour and bizarreness. Loved the beach scene so much with that crazy running, the surfie dude and the bird. Thank you so much for making this film. Please make more.