description: comedy, 2 men applying for the same job, christmas, creme, celeberty, sex, abused of rape, sponsoring
(Geoffrey): (rating 6.5)
There is a man with a wife and child, who sells stemps door by door, pretending it is for a good cause. He decides to apply for a job. At the same time, another man, who is divorced and has to pay his wife quite some money and who cannot. They both apply at the same time and they are told they have to compete with eachother till the end of the week. They have to convice eachother that the other one should give him the job.
The man with the wife and child get's a strange creme during christmas eve. Everytime he puts on that creme he is seen for a famous singer and has no trouble getting everything done. This leads to funny situations you can imagine and eventually gets him in trouble (how weird?).
I have to say that I was mislead, because I continuous had the feeling it was all a setup by the other guy competing with him. Since I am mislead, I consider that a plus for this movie. Overal the acting was not incredibl good, but ok .It has some good humor here and there. The end is a little bit overdone and looses some points. Overal, it is ok, but not briljant.
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Crème fail.
Links: AFFF / imdb
Fun concept for a short film, perhaps even for a feature, but then they should have spent more time fleshing out the inner logic of the story.
About twenty minutes into the film the main plot with the "magic" perception changing crème starts, almost without any introduction. He receives it as a present for Christmas, which in itself doesn't feel like it matches his personality (since he doesn't really show interest in personal hygiene etc). They should have spent more time setting up giving him this present, perhaps his initial resentment to the present, then reluctantly starting to use it.
Soon he starts to notice that people respond in a different fashion to him, far more enthusiastic than before. He somehow immediately links this to the crème - again, too fast.
Later on when everyone else is falling for his crème based charmes, two other strange things happen. Of all people surrounding the protagonist, the other sales guy seems to be immune to the effect the crème has without any explanation.
And when the protagonist reaches a moment of insight after nearly being caught for raping a girl he seduced, he feels remorse and gets rid of the crème - only to conveniently forget that remorse when a police officer comes knocking on his door and asking questions. I can't make heads or tails of this.
Although this film has its funny moments, overall it is disappointing and doesn't feel like it is in the shape it ought to be. Good idea on paper, bad execution.
Rating: 4
Links: AFFF / imdb
Fun concept for a short film, perhaps even for a feature, but then they should have spent more time fleshing out the inner logic of the story.
About twenty minutes into the film the main plot with the "magic" perception changing crème starts, almost without any introduction. He receives it as a present for Christmas, which in itself doesn't feel like it matches his personality (since he doesn't really show interest in personal hygiene etc). They should have spent more time setting up giving him this present, perhaps his initial resentment to the present, then reluctantly starting to use it.
Soon he starts to notice that people respond in a different fashion to him, far more enthusiastic than before. He somehow immediately links this to the crème - again, too fast.
Later on when everyone else is falling for his crème based charmes, two other strange things happen. Of all people surrounding the protagonist, the other sales guy seems to be immune to the effect the crème has without any explanation.
And when the protagonist reaches a moment of insight after nearly being caught for raping a girl he seduced, he feels remorse and gets rid of the crème - only to conveniently forget that remorse when a police officer comes knocking on his door and asking questions. I can't make heads or tails of this.
Although this film has its funny moments, overall it is disappointing and doesn't feel like it is in the shape it ought to be. Good idea on paper, bad execution.
Rating: 4
A crème to change people's heart and mind... you know you're worth it
Links: AFFF / imdb
Add a dash of fantasy to a sad unfortunate salesman and what happens? Things get out of control, that is what happens and that's what you expect. The many Charlie Chaplin posters hint from the beginning: this is an old-fashioned Shakespearean farce with some drama on top.
A simple story filmed in a simple way, and it works. Nothing gets over the top, and it suits the makers. The story could've been a bit more condense, but all-in-all an enjoyable watch.
Rating: 7
Links: AFFF / imdb
Add a dash of fantasy to a sad unfortunate salesman and what happens? Things get out of control, that is what happens and that's what you expect. The many Charlie Chaplin posters hint from the beginning: this is an old-fashioned Shakespearean farce with some drama on top.
A simple story filmed in a simple way, and it works. Nothing gets over the top, and it suits the makers. The story could've been a bit more condense, but all-in-all an enjoyable watch.
Rating: 7
A man gets a special creme from Santa Claus which makes him very popular when put on his face. Since the man is looking for a job he uses it to get a job and earn money. The whole movie shows the adventures of the man.
The movie is shot on video. Some actors seem to come from a local amateur theatre with faces made of wood, no expression at al. The story is funny.
Rating : 7
The movie is shot on video. Some actors seem to come from a local amateur theatre with faces made of wood, no expression at al. The story is funny.
Rating : 7