The Most Beautiful Day

A lone traveller called Sherman wanders around an apocalyptic landscape . Finding an opening to a bunker he walks down the steps only to have the door slam behind him , trapping him in the bunker . Things go from bad to worse when he hears unearthly sounds emanating from the dark

I was somewhat surprised by this short in that despite it being an Estonian film written , directed and starring Estonian born film maker Einar Kuusk it's an English language short . Unfortunately this is the only surprise and it's not the fault of the Kuusk because if you've come to this page before seeing THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY it's already too late because the plot synopsis . cast lists and quotes on this page give away very important plot turns which negates several plot turns

This is a pity because this is a fairly effective though a little bit gloomy short film featuring the genre of sci-fi/horror . Ventilation hafts , strange noises in the dark and a trapped protagonist which means the clichés are being wheeled out but does use them very well . Thankfully there's no zombies either . Mr Kuusk makes a good everyman type character and while Ross Bugden and Hannes Johansson score does seem a little bit off and intrusive in some places it did remind me of composer John Murphy's better musical score in some other places

'The Most Beautiful Day' doesn't offer anything new into the already tired genre of dystopian future. Some cataclysm has wiped out almost entire human race and the ones left are struggling for their survival. To me the film felt like bleakier version of Mad Maxian dystopia where loneliness and madness are taken over the world. The visual style and editing are the strongest part of the film. The director defeintely have some talent to cut scenes together.

Not so strong movie storywise, but it gives hope that we can wait some visually striking movies from Einar Kuusk in the future.

"Not original" could be the first acusation. "Visual well crafted" could be the basic good point . A loner in a bunker in the post-apocalyptic time. His effort to escape. And a revelation. The result is far to be bad. But , against its obvious beauty, it seems be made for a specific public. It propose the correct recipe for Sci. Fi- faintaisy recipe. You know everything and the surprise is far to be real ...surprising. But it gives the touch for create the impression of profound film, poetic , half parable, half nice short Sci. Fi., suggesting be different. So, a beautiful short film. And that is only important thing about it.

I had high expectations, when I started watching this short film as I had been looking forward to seeing it for a long time. I was a bit skeptical at first, when realizing the film was in English, while the person, who plays the main character is Estonian (although I should have realized the movie was in English a long time ago). And I have to say, some of the talking bits Sherman (Einar Kuusk) did, were slightly awkward and unnatural. Fortunately though, there were just a few of them and so you could easily look past that awkwardness.

What was really impressive, however, was the production quality of it all. Everything from sets and props to color correction and cinematography. It was just visually really pleasing and when combined with the Hans Zimmer-y soundtrack by Ross Budgen, you got immersed deep into the film really easily.

Apart from a few hiccups in acting or editing in some parts, which were bound to happen on a debut short film such as is this one, it is really one stellar piece.