Mr Review- Long Story Short. My Rating 6/10 It's a shame that this Comedy Romance just doesn't work as it has the bones of something better. There are very few occasions where the Script /story writer , Director and Executive Producer also acts in his own film it's a huge task to achieve successfully. it worked for Charles Chaplain Mel Brooks and Woody Allen they all managed it but they were geniuses . Josh Lawson the creator and Director of this film doesn't manage to pull it off unfortunately and it's certainly not the fault of his cast they are all very good. The plot is simple it's an adult fable about the value of our short time on The Planet, and the consequences of wasting the time we have life and also the value of maintaining relationships and friendships. Teddy , payed by British Actor Rafe Spall (son of Timothy) wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he's jumping forward to the next year of his life. Rafe Spall is excellent in a very big role as is Zahra Newman as Leanne his bride who each time Teddy jumps forward a year in time we see Leanne becoming more and more disappointed with Teddy's shortcomings and neglect . Noni Hazlehurst as The Stranger has a Cameo appearance and should have been used more ,she seems to wander Eastern Suburbs Cemetery as a Lesbian Witch handing out "The Gift" ,sound unusual ? It is....... I've seen this story done much more effectively in Charles Dickens "Scrooge " same basic plot about ghost appearing in a dream to show the main character the error of his way of life and pointing to the future to show him the consequences if he doesn't see the error of his ways. In fact the final scene is straight out of "Scrooge." I've seen many worse movies than this and it has some lovely moments and good performances. It's creator Josh Lawson was nominated for an Academy Award in 2018 for Best Live Action Short Film ,strangely I was actually thinking while watching "Long Short Story" that it would have made a much better short story movie. Perhaps it should be called "Too Long a Short Story." Is it worth seeing at the Cinema ? perhaps wait till it's streaming it won't be too long.

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