This awkward little short is nicely balanced that we join as Emma is breaking up with Mitch. Shortly into the scene, the rather loud and unaware Ryan arrives to potentially buy an amp that Mitch was selling, interrupting the otherwise emotionally charged and difficult moment. The presence of this character is awkward and amusing, but it doesn't take us too far from where we were - rather it sets up a nice dialogue scene with Emma where she has a real go at the potential buyer over his approach to the vintage amp.
It is the key scene of the film, and although it is pretty obvious in what it is doing, it never pushes it too far and it works well as it fills in so much detail about who the characters are, where their relationship has gotten to, and broadly why. This sets up a nice ending too, which is nicely upbeat in its own awkward way. The action is limited in location and only 3 cast members. Creamer is the one that catches the eye for 'non-film' reasons, because of his modelling work on P***Hub, but here he has the least of the characters - he plays it well to let the others do their thing, but it is a thankless job in terms of moments. Noth is funny and a good presence in his commitment to the character, but it is Eastman who took it for me because she had the hardest job to sell all aspects of her main dialogue scene, and she really nailed it.
Engaging little short that pleased me in how it put so much in about characters and their relationship but without really looking directly at either.
