Bathtime in Clerkenwell

As the music plays we see lots of shadow figures mouthing along – most of these are small crows with rolling eyes. As they sing the song, the action continues with some of them having unfortunate run-ins with others. My opening sentences are usually plot summaries but I must admit that I'm struggling with a film that is essentially about nothing and really, I was surprised to find it on this site because, although I saw it at a film festival, my impression of it is that it also served as a music video for Real Tuesday Weld.

Regardless of what it should be classed as (I'll leave that for the pedants), the one thing that I am sure about is just how entertaining the whole short film is. First of all the music is pretty cool; I was trying to think of a way to describe it but have been struggling – it is repetitive and sounds like a mambo of sorts? Anyway, by itself the music is fun and I would listen to it again on its own. Luckily the animation is just as cool and as fun; again hard to describe but lots of cute and cool cut out crows singing along and lots of stuff happening. The animation appears simplistic (I'm sure it's not) but it is very effective and matches the mood of the music – both complimenting each other in fact.

Overall, it may be a music video as much as a short film but it works very well – it is cool, entertaining and fun in both the music and the animation and for both of these it is worth hunting the web for.

IMDb has imposed a rule that all reviews must be at least 10 lines long and I usually love this rule. However, with a very short film like BATHTIME IN CLERKENWELL, it's hard to come up with 10 lines, as there really isn't much to talk about other than it's short and fun to watch. Here goes: The film begins with lots of very simple animation in black and white. At the same time, a jaunty song plays and the animation is timed perfectly to the tune. Is it life changing? No. But somehow it's oddly satisfying and addictive. You can't help but tap your feet and pay attention to this cute film. I would love to see more from the same team that made this--it's creative and they've quite a touch with animation. Good job.