Tension? Check.
Sarcasm? Check.
Passive aggression? Oh yeah.
That sinking feeling when intention and expression don’t match up? Check mate.

From the Duplass Brothers, this short film has more emotional terrain to unpack in its ten minutes than most do in ninety. There’s no “tells” or “short-hand” explanations here, just a series of moments. This film wants to love you and fight you at the same time.

The brothers went on to make The Puffy Chair in 2005, a film which this short may as well be the prequel to. Recommended.