Desk Clerk

This is the life and times of a desk worker at a hotel, obviously written by and starring a desk clerk or (I hope) former desk clerk, Michelle Bowser.

It's amateur, so don't be expecting highfallutin' production values or a perfectly polished script, but sometimes amateur is a good thing -- it means she's saying what she wants to say, with no studio executives telling her what *not* to say.

Desk Clerk is frantic and funny all the way through, and had me smiling for an hour and a half, as Michelle deals with demanding, flirty, and insistent customers, laundry room refunds, a malfunctioning computer, disinterested non-help from IT's 800 number, and everything else that can go wrong in a hotel overnight.

The acting is not going to be Oscar-nominated, and the movie isn't quite as funny as it thinks it is, but it *is* funny, and makes me glad I've never been a desk clerk.