The Dinner After

Plot

A guilt-stricken Angela, visits her parents for what at first seems to be a routine family dinner, only for a painful truth to bubble to the surface, descending the evening into a nightmare.

Cast

Unfamiliar with anybody involved.

Verdict

For the majority of The Dinner After it's presented alike many shorts and sadly a lot of features, namely a lot of random imagery and very little sense. Thankfully the end does explain everything and turns confusion into coherence and a surprising amount of depth but by that points it's simply too late.

You see the twist is great, it's impactful and it resulted in me rating it higher than originally intended however the journey there is a lackluster mess that lacks any form of entertainment value.

If the journey there had been done better this could have been a great little short, alas the execution wasn't up to par.

Rants

I'm a vegetarian, I felt her frustration but damn that chicken didn't half took tantalizing! I've not eaten meat in about a year and a half and I hear it whispering to me! Friday night it was pork scratchings, watching this it was chicken! How do people do this!?

Breakdown

Great twist Weak visuals Poor execution of a great story.