Silicone Valerie

I caught this film recently as a filler to take up time on a cable channel before the 10:00pm film. It's a cute short-film where a young lady in Northern Ireland becomes friends with a priest, who is one of the judges of a local beauty pageant. The lady, Valerie, decides to enter this contest so she can win the prize money and have breast augmentation surgery. She keeps the reasoning for her entry in the pageant between herself and the priest. This put hims in a moral dilemma on whether or not to allow her to win the contest when he votes. The best line is when Valerie is asked at the beauty contest what she'd do with her prize money. She answers, "I'm giving the money to two not very well-known charities (pause as she looks down at her chest) which are very close to my heart." It's a cute film and well worth the (short) time it takes to watch it.

This is a wonderful short film that keeps you guessing until the end. Donna Annesley as the beauty contestant who gets a ride from a preacher on the road is absolutely adorable. You can't guess whether she is just a free spirit or a conniving contestant, but either way her behavior is charming. When you get the answer at the end, it comes as a welcome relief.