NadinePiscopo

It baffles me how movies like these actually get written, produced, distributed... HOW? The acting is horrible, the script is horrendous, the direction is a disaster and everything in between is a complete mess. I might have given this 2 stars if the genre was listed as comedy instead of a thriller. AVOID this title at all costs.

Beautifully shot and edited… This film has distinctive aesthetic which includes cuts going from fairy-tale like scenes to jarring imagery creating an eerie and haunting atmosphere. The ending is completely unexpected and unsettling and left me feeling more disturbed than I did at the beginning. Sarah Lind and Mark Hildreth did a fantastic job. It is experiential for the viewer – most of the time the actors don't feel as if they are necessarily "acting" which makes it all the more real. I feel this short highlights (whether it was meant to or not) our life today and how we live it through social media… the absurdity of it. How we are more concerned with taking photos proving that we are living the perfect life than actually living it so much so that the only memories we end up having are the ones seen through photos taken with precision, the best lighting, best angle and most appealing filter.

This short film more than delivers on inspiration. The short captures the hard-hitting realism of teen rebellion vs mundane home life. It also brings to light how two seemingly similar neighbouring houses are very different homes. Both Thijmen and Robin yearn for freedom and autonomy. Thijmen from his overprotective parents (or are they? under the circumstances I would tend to agree with them) and Robin's abusive uncaring father). The short truly encapsulates all it means to be a teen. It is gripping right from the very start - the scene on the bridge. It is all very real and honest with artful composition and a very raw script. Incredibly tactile visuals and sounds (especially the bridge scenes and the partying scenes). Pervasive filming and the construction and placement of shots is excellent. #justjump