I had to admit, that when I found the short film One Missed Call on YouTube, my eyebrow arched in surprise. Oh yes. It AUDIBLY arched. A premise like this didn’t come along every day.
After all, I don’t know the last time I’ve seen a movie about a film critic who went a little too far lambasting a film and instead got his. And believe me, I’m very much aware of the irony involved with the idea that I’m reviewing a movie about a film critic who went too far.
But the question is, does the short itself live up to the premise?
Sadly, no.
I’ll admit that this is actually hilarious in several points. Alexander Carneiro is easily one of the worst film critics I’ve ever seen. Large portions of the dialogue are devoted to saying the same thing over and over again. Their Michael Jackson character would be unidentifiable if it weren’t for the fact that they clearly identify him, in film, as such.
But considering that this is some dork cutting a movie in what looks like his parents’ house with a camcorder and a couple quick camera changes, some allowances need to be made. Thus, the Screenhead Ten Scale begrudgingly hands out a four out of ten to this huge waste of a great idea.
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