I hate dates. I hate dating, and I've done a lot of it. Dating is a job interview with dress up, repartee, questions, and basically a heavy job that you may or may not be able to handle. "Full Disclosure" is an insightful and engrossing short film examining not only dating, but honesty in intimate and human relationships. Everett has a date, and tells each of his hapless mates everything about himself, and then he weeds out the losers from the potential keepers. A sense of security so he won't be hurt? A man who just doesn't like surprises? Or a man who fears commitment and is subconsciously sabotaging the relationship before it even begins? That's really up for debate. The two people here can really be up for an utter psychological assessment, but that's the brilliance of "Full Disclosure", only sixteen minutes in length and we're presented with such insight, and depth in to the two people, both a sparring dichotomy of the modern couple.

Do we have great relationships because we accept each others flaws, or do we have great relationships in spite of each others flaws? I can go on forever folks. And that's why "Full Disclosure" is so damn good. It left me thinking. It left me pondering about relationships in general and how honesty can be very good, and also very off-putting. Honesty is sometimes a true virtue, but its also threatening and discouraging. Maybe mystery is what we need sometimes, or maybe its ignorance. I don't want to go on a date with someone like Greer and then she tells me she chews her toenails. Honesty is not something we need to have because honesty is arguably not the best policy. Can we ever truly know one another? Can a relationship last if we know one another inside and out? For these two people, that's something we have to wait on.

The lovely--and I do mean lovely--Judy Greer plays a woman named Brinn who meets up with Everett for a date. But he may have finally met his match with her. She gasps at his revelation and shoots back at him and the dialogue is rapid fire, almost as if we're watching a revival of "His Girl Friday". Douglas Horn's dialogue is biting and clever, and Greer and Sexton pull in very good performances with some great chemistry. "Full Disclosure" will definitely have you looking at relationships in a much different light. By the end even I was thinking: "How the fuck does anyone have a relationship?"

It's something you don't see often. An honest romance comedy. There goes the honesty angle, again. "Full Disclosure" is clever in that it has these two individuals throwing back and forth their own flaws and routines to see who gives up first and gasps. They don't want a date. They just want to see who budges first, and through that exchange of admittances, they learn to like one another. Dates are basically two people putting up a front and then showing you their flaws over time, but here the two people lay everything out and let each other know what they're in for.

Here's a man possibly too realistic, or just so stupid that he feels the need to lay it all out on the table without any surprises, but maybe surprises really are what make a relationship worth having. You can never have complete honesty in a relationship, because you can't have complete honesty in life, because sometimes honesty isn't best. It's a double-edged sword, a creature in of its own. And "Full Disclosure" ends on an interesting twist providing yet another conundrum. They want complete honesty, but trust is something that has to be solid. Can you be honest and have trust at the same time? Yet another point to debate.

Honestly, it's very rare I finish a romance comedy and be sad to see it end. Most times the writing shoves down our throats that we have to like these people, but Horn doesn't rely on that and we end up liking them anyway. "Full Disclosure" is insightful, intelligent, well written, and features two great performances by grossly underrated Judy Greer, and Brent Sexton.

• Learn more about "Full Disclosure" at its official website and Horn of the Moon Productions.

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