Soliloquy

I just laughed all the way through the film.

You don't even have to understand corporate America. Anyone who has read about Enron will get a kick out of this comical look at what can happen to a high tech company going through bottom line woes.

Corporate shenanigans have often been the target of filmmakers long before the Enron debacle, but recent events have only shown that as far-fetched as fiction can be, it can't hold a candle to the absurd reality of corporate America. Soliloquy exposes the banality of life at an dot com on the decline through clever visuals and characters that come to life in a relatively short amount of time. One doesn't have to be a part of a corporation to appreciate the humor.

Having worked in the corporate world for over 20 years, I found this short film to be right on target. In fact, I recently was told by a colleague that "Numbers don't lie." This is the tagline to Soliloquy. If you have never worked in the corporate world you may not connect with this material, but if you have you will most likely find it very amusing and entertaining.

A short film and thank goodness. That limited running time may also be its major flaw. Probably more time would have helped develop the theme and many characters and made its dreamy feeling be a counterpoint to reality instead of all you get. At best the film seems to be a cross between the 60¹s acid-trip movie genre and Scott Adam¹s output on a bad day. Soliloquy feels at times like what ended up on the cutting room floor for "Office Space" although that movie is far more coherent. On the plus side this film has good production values and the credits are smokin'.

For those of us lost in corporate hell, Soliloquy is a welcome respite. The office team searches aimlessly for a place to hold a useless meeting in which everyone is so bored they begin to fantasize about surreal musicals. The director's technical vision is superb, the acting is restrained and the result is hilarious.