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This short offers nothing creatively. Using a stuffed monkey as the subject, a lone actor attempts to cope with the loss of his real butler named Jenkins. He's replaced the real Jenkins with the doll, as he needs towels and drinks provided to him at his backyard pool, along with help in the kitchen due to his inability to make a sandwich.The little acting there is, for the most part, is deadpan.

This short is over before it starts and leaves the viewer wondering things like "What the hell was that?" and "What did I miss, surely there's more?" No, this film has the complexity of a resounding belch, and there's no need to contemplate any deeper meanings. Except of course to poke fun at it.

The tombstone credits at the end are the best part of this ridiculous joke called "Jenkins'. This flick is so bad, you may find it good.

This film delivers. It's a slice of life set in the beautiful French countryside.

It starts out very simple but keeps building, relationships evolving and unfolding into a glorious crescendo. The friendship between Garriss and Riton is a synergy that is not often captured in film. Garriss finds family, one that is missing from his life. Riton is guided, taught about life and social skills, the very things where he lacks knowledge.

While the relationships between the adults in this film are a wonderment, the relationships between the children are heartwarming. This film delivers on both ends of the life cycle spectrum.

A reviewer commented, "I sat through it waiting for something to happen" and was disappointed. I contend that if one watches this film waiting for a shootout, nudity/sex scene, a car chase, an explosion, or any of the other typical Hollywood cliché subplots, he or she will be disappointed. This film stands on it's own, having a morality just as high as the values it depict.

You don't sit through this film "waiting for something to happen". Something happens to you! You're immersed in a world of nostalgia, one that will warm your soul and broaden your notions of what life is really about, and how life really should be.