Review by lukesterb

Technically this short is very well made but that is to be expected from something Netflix is attached too. The challenging part that comes with this review is the message of the short. Many people view these messages very strongly and will fight for them no matter the quality of the flick as long as it has the message. I believe the message in the short is extremely important and meaningful but the way it was illustrated on the screen was very poor. The worst part about this film was the writing. The first 10 minutes were great but it slowly began getting more and more unrealistic and laughable for example the scene after Joey is driven home (you know if you know). This film really could have shined if it had a good writer attached that was capable of writing real compelling scenes with logic behind them. Also this short film basically copied a YouTube short posted 4 years ago titled Groundhog Day For a Black Man. I don't really believe it should have been nominated for best short but maybe the academy didn't have a lot of entires due to COVID.