Review of Lamb

It's a wonder that Emma Freemans film was the 2002 winner of the worlds largest short film "Tropfest"."Lamb" explores themes such as friendship and poverty,and will have you both smiling and tearing up during its seven minute duration. The short film gives insight into the dark lives of a young blind boy and his farmer father,living in a dull,dark and gloomy barn with their dog.They live in a part of Australia where there's a drought.The boy has a great friendship with the lamb,but in a shock turn of events the father will go to any cost to survive the drought. The good points in Lamb is that the setting is well portrayed.The dark and dull blacks and browns that dominate the world of the short film refleck the sad and hungry life of the boy and the farmer. The bad points is that there is a lot of gruesome scenes that can be hard to watch at times.I also think that the close ups add up to how gruesome the scenes are. Overall,Lamb is a sad and thouching short film with very gruesome scenes and a sad story.