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A delightful comedy that deserved its Tropfest win!
Burdrew20 November 2012
"Lemonade Stand" is a quirky, crowd-pleasing, Australian comedy that won First Prize at Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival, in 2012.

The winner the previous year, "Animal Beatbox", was popular with its audience on the night but lacked narrative and characters.

With "Lemonade Stand" we have a strong narrative and interesting characters, underdogs whose humble lemonade stand is under threat.

Tropfest founder John Polson has often said that short films should really be seen as a springboard to something bigger. This film gives clear indication of what lies ahead in features for its writer, director and producer: engaging narrative, unusual characters and clever comedy.
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4/10
I wish this one could be as juicy and tasty as fresh lemonade, but it felt more like cold coffee
Horst_In_Translation31 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
"Lemonade Stand" is an Australian 7-minute short film from 2012, so this one has its 5th anniversary this year. It managed a pretty solid deal of awards attention and I guess that's why it is the most known work as of now by writer and director Alethea Jones. She got help with the script by Tim Potter who also plays the central character, a man with a special relationship with his grandfather that results in the two operating a lemonade stand for most of the short film. But things get stressful when a local bully tries to use paragraphs and restrictions to ruin their business. You may have expected a happy ending and I guess you were somewhat right, but you probably did not expect it to be this dark of a comedy eventually. And also not that gross. Overall, I Don't think it was a particularly good watch. Nothing except the ending is memorable and I would also not say the ending is memorable for good quality or anything, just for the shock effect. The awards attention for this one was certainly way too much. I give these under 10 minutes a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
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