Curve

I loved this. It was tense and impactful, which is hard to achieve in 9 minutes.

I interpreted this movie as showing how life will beat you and ware you down but humans will still try and beat it and rise above. Some times we can beat it but even if we try our hardest, life will sometimes win.

That was just my viewing, I like that this movie has so many ways to look at it.

Honestly at this point, all these horror movies are all good, (because of CGI of course). Back then, there were movies such as Nightmare on Elm Street lll or Friday the 13th that don't have good graphics, even though we thought they were good. Anyway, this movie really stood out. I watched this for a scary horror night. I remember my friend saying only one horror movie, so I picked this, I was truly impressed. It thrilled me from start to finish. Despite its 12 minutes, it was a very good film and should definitely be showed in cinemas. 10/10!

Every review I read about this short says stuff about how it's depicting depression and hopelessness but I couldn't disagree more... I think it depicts the exact opposite honestly.

Its a dramatized example of the animalistic instinct humans have of survival and everlasting hope even in moments of complete weakness and vulnerability... even when humans are placed in positions where there's "no way out", like the character in this short film, we still have the slightest ounce of hope left in us because that's just human nature. She does everything she can to survive until the bitter end...

So, no, this short wasn't about falling into the pits of sadness and depression, it's about how how even in the darkest/most helpless of moments, there is an inherent instinct in all of us to do everything possible for survival. All humans have hope.

Well, this is a curveball.

I love the visual design. The sound design is outstanding. The makeup and blood effects are swell. I think Laura Jane Turner gives a pretty great performance, portraying the fright, alarm, desperation, and determination of the single unnamed character. Writer-director Tim Egan's camerawork zeroes in on every meticulously coordinated, deliberate movement of Turner as the character grapples with her plight, and especially in the final moments especially, his editing serves that same purpose. From a technical standpoint, this short is very well-rounded. I appreciate this unique, somewhat fantastical take on the film genre of "lone person, trapped and in peril." As viewers we can readily identify with the character in the instinctual urge for survival, and the heightened emotional and physiological state that accompanies it.

Yet I can't help but feel that something's missing, that some greater truth has bowed out from the finished product.

It's easy and natural to theorize about the nature of the scenario, though without anything in the short beyond what we see, this is a fruitless pursuit. It's also easy and natural to try to read some meaning into the abridged arc on hand, and one could readily say this is a metaphor for Life, Struggle, or any grand overarching idea. That could be true - substance is in the eye of the beholder - but that pursuit also feels superfluous here.

The result is a short that's simple in concept, finely realized, handily (if not wholly) engaging, and peculiarly intriguing. What's it all for? I honestly don't know. But that doesn't mean we can't appreciate 'Curve' for what we plainly get on the face of it.

At the first sigh, an Existentialist short film, illustrating concepts, theories, perspectives. At the second, the simplicity becomes the main virtue. Not the last, the admirable acting. A cold, thrilling short thriller, builded in most miimalistic manner, proposing balls of questions, suppositions and omparations. Result - just a good short film.