There is a great energy to this short film, and it is delivered consistently across several aspects, meaning it joins up well. The film is about the frivolity of youth, where consequences are not always appreciated and high-spirits for the moment means things can get carried away. This is shown in a comedic way as the two lead characters try to find a rumoured fight, always seeming to miss it despite everyone buzzing about it. The feeling of peer pressure, of hype, and of teenage gossip is convincing and realistic, and it gives a nice edge to the energetic performances and delivery as the film heads to a nicely reflective but unrepentant ending.
The time period isn't wholly clear here - there are phones but yet it has a 90's or 2000's feel; the key thing is that it is set in a past, and it feels very nostalgic and innocent - and these qualities seem to function across viewers, since I grew up decades ago in the countryside, but yet this still felt like a past I could relate to. The two lead performances nail it, as they have the breathless energy and feeling of immortality of that age, and are keen to impressive and be "in". They fit well with score and direction to produce a nicely engaging and cheering short film.
