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David Mazouz and Lily Chee in nothing, except everything. (2023)

Review by EliKatz4

nothing, except everything.

5/10

Writing Reeks of Pretention.

I saw a tiktok about Wesley Wang selling this to Sony, and decided that I had to give it a chance. The first thing that struck me was the fact that David Mazouz, a lead actor in Gotham, and I realized that this high school short film was nothing comparable to the films I have the ability to make at my university. Whatever the budget was, it was stretched perfectly. But it's not indie.

The acting was great. Harper and Miles' characters play the part of lost high schoolers extremely well. The directing was fantastic, with great lighting and sound. The segmented computer bits are a bit of a crutch, and a cliche, but for a young director, it's something to work on.

The biggest issue I found with this short is its writing. A lot of the lines are stilted, and the problem I find with that is that it plays on existential realism, yet it doesn't feel fluid. Wang is a fantastic director, who definitely has a bring future, but he is not a writer.
  • EliKatz4
  • May 16, 2024

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