This short, which really isn't short at a painful-to-watch 42 minutes, starts with two girls hiding in the boys' bathroom at their school, but slowly evolves into a huge waste of time.
The scenes with the two girls and two boys in the boys' bathroom are handled with taste and the child actors seem natural and unrehearsed. But when the first adult arrives, in the form of the school's principal, the normally pitch-perfect Allan Garfield, the film heads straight into, well, the toilet.
Subsequent scenes involve the various children being queried by their respective parents as to what transpired in the bathroom. One of the two boys is admonished by his parents as they bicker and try to force him to eat his dinner of liver and potatoes. This scene is far too long -- the point is obvious after a few minutes -- and is punctuated by Dyan Cannon's voice off-screen as the child's mother.
At 20 minutes, the film would have been worth seeing. At 42 minutes, you'll be looking for an exit 15 minutes in.
Ms. Cannon recently appeared at the AMPAS and told the audience the master print of the film was destroyed by a fire at her home. As a result of the fire, the film now only exists on DVD. One might want to consider tossing the DVD on a fire as well.
The scenes with the two girls and two boys in the boys' bathroom are handled with taste and the child actors seem natural and unrehearsed. But when the first adult arrives, in the form of the school's principal, the normally pitch-perfect Allan Garfield, the film heads straight into, well, the toilet.
Subsequent scenes involve the various children being queried by their respective parents as to what transpired in the bathroom. One of the two boys is admonished by his parents as they bicker and try to force him to eat his dinner of liver and potatoes. This scene is far too long -- the point is obvious after a few minutes -- and is punctuated by Dyan Cannon's voice off-screen as the child's mother.
At 20 minutes, the film would have been worth seeing. At 42 minutes, you'll be looking for an exit 15 minutes in.
Ms. Cannon recently appeared at the AMPAS and told the audience the master print of the film was destroyed by a fire at her home. As a result of the fire, the film now only exists on DVD. One might want to consider tossing the DVD on a fire as well.
