Alvin is a short film by director Christy Anna Wu starring T. J. Alvarado in the eponymous leading role. The film knows it's character and what it wants to tell and it tells it well.
Alvin is presented as an irresponsible work-from-home computer addict with an eating problem. This guy has probably never ridden a bike since childhood or gotten much exercise for that matter.
That all changes when he suffers a health emergency in front of his pizza delivery driver. The story shifts and suddenly we're in a stark white and bleak health facility where Alvin is placed through a health program to improve his health.
Through brilliant film pacing we observe his transition and the overall arc of the short film as Alvin battles his inner demons to find his health. We don't learn much about the health facility or what comes after the events of Alvin or his character but like a good short film it leaves us begging for more.
From an up and coming director, made locally, with a minimal budget this film deserves to be seen! It also deserves to be explored more in perhaps a feature length adaptation. This is one of the best short films I have seen come out of the Pacific Northwest recently.
