There are lots of different ideas and styles crammed into this short film; I'm not entirely sure that it works as a whole, but it is certainly interesting and engaging to see it have a go. The plot starts in a girly friendship, but with something odd within it. We soon discover that it is a paid relationship - like some sort of 'hire a friend' thing, although we don't know the detail particularly. It develops from there into weirder territory, being funny, dark, and violent as it goes.
The consistent thread running through it is how over-the-top the lead character is; her manic nature is reflected in the bright colour of the home - and the film plays this up (as opposed to making it darker and more sinister). The slightly absurd content gives it the comedic edge that helps it work for the most part, before drawing in horror sort of. Again, I'm not sure it totally works as a whole, because there isn't a commitment to making the ideas all work - the 'hire a friend' thing being a good example. It is fundamental to the film and seems to be an idea it is interested in, but at the same time it feels like just a device; reducing it to a device means that the other aspects of the film must be the focus - but then it feels like the idea is most of the time, although if that is the case then why does it feel like a device. I will admit that this only bothered me after the film and not while I was enjoying it, because the tone, pace, and changes within it all helped it stay involving and feel quite fresh.
It isn't as fun or as clever as it seems, but it is packaged very well, and does have plenty of good stuff within it - even if I do think it didn't totally pull it all together in the end.
