Cinema Crazed

2008

Rated: Unrated

Genre: Short Drama

Directed By: Scott Eathorne

Running Time: 10 Minutes

Review by: Felix Vasquez Jr.

Review Date: 3/27/08

MOCKINGBIRD

There’s really not much we can do to battle loneliness sometimes. Many times when someone has a person so much apart of their life and experiences a sudden loss, there’s really nothing that can heal that void. For the lonely woman in “Mockingbird,” she may never grieve the loss of her son, even if it means risking serious trouble to get some sense of company and fulfillment. Such is the case when she meets a young boy online and meets up with him in the park one day.

From the first minute we gaze on this scenario, we can immediately see that the two are headed for some definite punishment should anyone discover this pairing and secret meeting. Upon walking in the park, they head back to her apartment for dinner and begin talking and we learn she everything we think may happen, is not what she has envisioned.

Her goal for this meeting is so misled that even the young man she meets up with assumes she wants sexual intimacy. Michelle Francis gives a very powerful quietly tragic performance, along with Nathan Coenen who is her soul mate in loss and tragedy but can’t seem to understand his purpose with her. Through subtle imagery and a gripping final scene, director Scott Eathorne is perfectly able to convey the world this woman lives with and the loss she may never be able to come to grips with. In effect this void she’s attempting to fill will become her own undoing and grant her some serious problems in the future.

Director Scott Eathorne provides a tragic short film with a wrenching look at loss and the possible consequences for attempting to fill the void in our lives. Tight writing and all around strong performances make "Mockingbird" worth the watch.

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