"Wake Me When It's Over" doesn't break any new ground while addressing topics such as jealousy, fear, paranoia and mistrust within a marriage
and how those feelings can affect a couple's relationship. It's an okay production, with some nice acting that manages to grab our attention and
even think about what's wrong with the main couple (played by Chris Viemeister and Krystle Adams, the latter a director/writer of this piece), how
can they solve their problems, and/or reach a common ground or to end it all for good.
At first glance, we perceive Oliver and Dana as a loving couple that share good moments of happiness and intimacy; he's a cardiologist and she's
an artist. But after hearing that his mother left his father after 30 years of marriage, Oliver dwells into a paranoid state believing his wife will
leave him too. As the story is told in confusing and badly editing flashbacks it's hard to tell how much is part of the man's insanity and how much
it's real about the possibility of Dana having an affair - as later enters a third party, the friendly and handsome artist Peter (Luke Guldan), who's
interested on the woman and her works.
But the ultimate jealousy fit goes by the book, never a cliched act: he gets suspicious of her actions, the phone calls late at night, and violence
when his mind goes into an extreme breaking point. Basically, what messed the relationship were exterior forces and exterior events that weren't discussed
in a quiet and mature manner, and to blame scuh failure on just that fact about his parents it seems the filmmakers are overlooking many other aspects
that can dissolve a marriage, or forgot to add more situations and scenarios into the mix to make the male character have some valid points for such
painful thinking. Yet it's somewhat believable, and for that reason the short is worthy of some discussion with whomever you'll be watching it. 6/10.
