Bobby Loves Mangos

1998
21m

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An elementary school principal arrives at school to find a video tape that is sent from the "future". The tape is from Bobby, age 40. But in the present time, Bobby is in elementary school a... Read allAn elementary school principal arrives at school to find a video tape that is sent from the "future". The tape is from Bobby, age 40. But in the present time, Bobby is in elementary school at the same school. The tape's message is incredible, but concise: Stop a school bus accide... Read allAn elementary school principal arrives at school to find a video tape that is sent from the "future". The tape is from Bobby, age 40. But in the present time, Bobby is in elementary school at the same school. The tape's message is incredible, but concise: Stop a school bus accident that will kill 50 students that are on a field trip.

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7.6/10

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dropo59tx

plenty of realism here

Bobby Loves Mangos strikes me as perfectly plausible if you consider the three main characters: the "inciting" character is a bit of a sociopath, the principal is a bit of a pompous idiot, and the secretary is a bit of a principal-worshiper (which feeds his pompousness). No, the film does not work at all if we assume that people are perfectly rational logical positivists 100% of the time.

It's a well-done vignette of the *Night Gallery* variety. It doesn't strike me as having feature-film potential because there's about 20 minutes worth of story here. You'd have to package it with other material, embed it somehow in a set of other stories, to make it a decent feature.

9Poethical

Edge of your seat suspense.

This movie is a short that is directed by Stuart Acher, who in my opinion, will be very well known in a few years. In fact, I believe not many people will read this until Stuart breaks through and directs a feature. Or even better, a blockbuster. When this happens, remember: this was predicted by me. Who am I? That will remain anonymous.

10DrkUnk

Well paint me red and call me Mannie, this film rocks!

The only thing I want to ask the film makers of this twisting helix of carnal excitement is when on God's green are they going to come out with the feature!? This mind-boggling story has the makings of a "Fargo" but with the twists of "Sixth Sense" or "The Usual Suspects"! It's incredible when a 20-minute short like this one can kick more hiney than 90% of the crapola that comes to the theaters! Kudos towards Stuart Acher, the director, for his great eye, and the writer, Jeremy Catalino, for his ultra-witty script and juicy dialogue! Cast William H. Macy in this thing and make it a feature!

teulan

A great short film!

Wow, my friend Peter showed me this movie today, and I have to say I loved it. The part that really shines through is the writing, you can tell that it's a great script. The writing and directing are decent enough, but not stellar, for me, the story was really the hook. The ending completely threw me for a loop, too. Great movie and I'd defenitely look out for the writer to have a career in the future!

9.5/10

nealpat

A cinematic break through!

Bobby Loves Mangos is a cinematic materpiece. The screenwriter, Jeremy Catalino is able create all the necessary elements of a feature length movie in an incredible 20 minutes. How he is able to develop the characters in such a short amount of time is absolutely amazing. To even speak of what the movie is about gives away too much, one has to just watch the movie and prepare themselves for the ride of their lifetime. The film is difficult to classify, it has the elements of sci-fi, mystery, as well as a thriller.

Man oh Man, I was at the edge of my seat for 3/4 of this movie. I don't know who this Jeremy Catalino person is, but he is destined for greatness. I'm going to keep my eye on him.