At just under seven minutes, The short film Not Me, depicts a troubling scenario involving a randy guest and a young hotel room service waiter.
In the post #me-too age the kid showed remarkable presence of mind in recording part of the encounter which all too easily could have devolved into a he said / he said situation.
I'd say that it saddens me that people are becoming less and less civil and trustworthy but the realist in me knows that many people have always been this way. It's just that more people are being caught and that those in power all too often yield to the temptation to use that power over others.
While the short IS powerful, it's NOT terribly deep (and how could it be in less than seven minutes) It does hold one's attention and didn't have me glancing at the video progress bar as so many other shorts... even shorter ones have done.
That said... I was a bit surprised to see the introduction of a "wife" character at the end. It was unnecessary, added nothing to the story, and even made the main premise more unlikely.
In the post #me-too age the kid showed remarkable presence of mind in recording part of the encounter which all too easily could have devolved into a he said / he said situation.
I'd say that it saddens me that people are becoming less and less civil and trustworthy but the realist in me knows that many people have always been this way. It's just that more people are being caught and that those in power all too often yield to the temptation to use that power over others.
While the short IS powerful, it's NOT terribly deep (and how could it be in less than seven minutes) It does hold one's attention and didn't have me glancing at the video progress bar as so many other shorts... even shorter ones have done.
That said... I was a bit surprised to see the introduction of a "wife" character at the end. It was unnecessary, added nothing to the story, and even made the main premise more unlikely.