5 Jul 2013

Steve The Christmas Freak ★★☆☆☆



Review of 'Steve The Christmas Freak' which can be found here on Vimeo.  

Length: 03:58
Written & directed by Nick Poole
Genre: Comedy
Date: 2011
Rating: ★★☆☆

Logline: A Christmas obsessed nutter keeps trying to celebrate the festivities much to the annoyance of his flatmate. 

Writer/Director Poole takes on the lead role here but instead of demonstrating his acting abilities, he possibly just be comes across as deranged. Submitted to the CIFA Xmas Shorts Competition, this is a festive story with a twist. Comedy is purely objective of course, but this verges more on the side of being disturbing than funny. (At the same time, it is very laugh out loud) 

Bad lighting makes a lot of the visuals difficult to see so this doesn't get off to a very good start. That's eventually resolved when the annoyed flatmate, Tom McCarthy, turns the light on in the living room. The plot is bizarre and surreal making me think this was probably just thought up during a heavy night of drinking. Poole's character is creepy enough but with plot holes a plenty, it's unclear what this character is actually trying to do. It's all about the punchline here but the daft ending doesn't satisfy. 

Best Bit: McCarthy's contempt for irritating Poole.  

Worst Bit: The wagging tongue. Make it stop!

Final thought: I can only hope no one ever paid good money to watch this. REFUND!

Read a condensed review of this film on Twitter here.

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