Valley Film Festival Comedy Shorts

Reviews By: Kim Jindra

OFFICE BANTER

Directed By: Charles Haine

Office Banter is a take off on the parlor game gossip.  When Employee of Year, Bob Hardy wears mismatched socks to work the rumor mill begins to turn. The result is totally implausible in this time of human resource correctness.  I smiled but never laughed.

LADY BAIT

Directed By: Jesse Colver & Erik Argenti

Lady Bait is the story of an overweight, under exercised man's desire to catch his dream girl.  He is suckered into an improbable infomercial pitch and the fun begins.  Except, that this movie is not really that funny.  I actually found it a bit offensive.   It has a good message about confidence but it is almost lost among the sillliness.

TAT FANCY

Directed By: Jay Barba & Brain Farrelly

Tat Fancy is an animated piece of fluff.  Bone's history lesson of his tattoos is about as interesting as looking at someone else's vacation pictures.  The animation was good and the character was cute enough but the story was weak.

HEAD, HEART AND BALLS 

Directed By: Peter Foldy

This film started slow but finished strong.   A recent high school graduate worries about college, his virginity and his music career.  His parents don't help his confidence level.  His saving grace is the interest of a neighbor girl who talks him into a trip to Woodstock.  Not much in the way of twists but it is worth a watch.