In the end, “God’s Little Monster” is an interesting concept about a young girl whose life has been filled with tragedy since she was born, and the plot by D’Lerma is intriguing as it seems to harkens back to stories like “Mirrormask” where our character's real life conflicts sew itself into the scenarios in her dreams and fantasies. Is our character asleep or awake? We can never really be sure, and the interesting concept of a girl struggling with her demons, makes the duo’s drama original because it's never just a melodrama, but one that surpasses reality.

Most of that fresh concept, though, is brought down by a pretty nonsensical film that’s too artsy for its own good and never cohesive. Often times, the dreams and fantasies by our character Linda are too esoteric for a film about a girl trying to come to grips with her miserable life. “God’s Little Monster” can be utterly nonsensical, and its never sure what it wants to accomplish with its story, even when it sets its sights on the traumas of childhood and unexplained delusions and goofy symbolism. That’s then brought down by awfully weak acting courtesy of its cast who detracts from the power of the undertones, and keeps it grounded in a more pretentious set of thinking. Dena DeCola’s acting is immensely over the top, but is dwarfed by the scenery chewing of Vince Lozano who is awfully intent on creating a menacing character that he’s instead goofy in many instances. The message of “God’s Little Monster” is never clear beyond its concept, and the directors desperately want to bring it to audiences as an artistic film, when really it’s not, thus it comes off anxiously forced in its plot and characterization.

While the concept was original, "God's Little Monster" is too much of a pretentious, nonsensical short film to be considered entertaining. The characters are paper thin, the acting is weak, and the message is lost on us.

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