SARS-29

Yes , it is low budget. But good dialogue, every one had a unique voice. The actors were all good. But yes , it was low budget. The versions of stories were all believable. I was personally fascinated by the use of interspliced B-Roll. Hope to see more.

It would be more fun to have this disease, than to watch this mockumentary about it.

Pity the two previous reviewers who failed to realise that this is like an extended SNL spoof on the mounting stupidities of humankind in its response to Covid-19. A lubricious blend of Valley Girl and Borat. The lunacy of the interviewees accelerates as the film progresses (conspiracy theories, manmade virus, flat earth, G5, alien abduction). Even the musical soundtrack underscores the intended satire: bits of Holst, Elgar, Satie, and Puccini's Madame Butterfly for the *Chinese* witness (for the uninformed, Cio-Cio San is actually Japanese). By piling on trite and received ideas and deriding the classic self-styled Instagram talking heads who present themselves as sincere and woke, it's a brave attempt at levity in the face of a disaster whose course is still unpredictable as I write (January 2021). Hence the use of the gravelly voice of Morgan Freeman (uncredited) for the voice-over introduction to lend gravitas to what unfolds as a crescendo of mockery.

This played like a bizarre clock work orange version of the future. At least It could make you think, what if? So much of it seemed like it was a war of the worlds for the over 70 crowd.

This "documentary" style of film is low budget and it shows. It is maybe worth a single viewing to see some of what could happen in a more severe pandemic but overall it is barely worthwhile.