About a Donkey

About a Donkey is also about: Depression, Family, Kindness and the ebb and flow of all three. The dialogue is hilarious. The situation is also hilarious but within that is a message of hope. It's a great film!

When I screened About a Donkey for inclusion in our festival I thought is was one of the nicest independent films of the year. A dramedy about a family with all the same psychosis you probably see in your own, and how their Dad's unaccountable decision to bring home a donkey (of all things) shakes them out of their ruts. The repartee amoungst the siblings is smart but does not feel contrived. You can feel the underlying affection in every exhibit of wit. These are all recognizably humans, making it up as they go along, and finding love that has gone missing.

I had the pleasure of watching this at a film festival a while back, and I absolutely enjoyed it. A feel-good story about family -- plus, it has a donkey in it, so how can you not like that?! It was a unique story that I hadn't heard before, and I came away with a smile.

This film has a lot of heart, wit and humour. You really begin to feel for these characters and this donkey. I found myself shockingly quite invested and was sad when it ended. Christina has done a briliant job with her direction. Everything was concise, intentional and had a great pace to it.

About a Donkey is a charming quirky film about a family that feels both familiar and not like the same families we've seen in these kinds of films before. Largely a disconnected and fairly self-absorbed group, they are ultimately loving and care for one another deeply. About a Donkey is both that and about the connections between us.