6/10
Well-written
28 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
"The Voorman Problem" is an Academy Award nominated short film from 4 years ago. I remember vaguely that it was the suspected winner in the live action short film category, but it lost to the more emotionally involving "Helium". The main character is played by Martin Freeman who you may know from "Sherlock" or the "Hobbit" trilogy. The co-lead is played by Tom Hollander. People who watched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise may know him. All in all, it's a decent short film in my opinion. Fairly entertaining 12 minutes and the BAFTA agreed. The script is clearly the best component in here for me. The Belgium reference was pure comedy gold and the final twist at the end with Freeman's character actually screaming that one out was hilarious as well. The other aspects weren't that outstanding, so as a whole I am okay with this getting an Oscar nomination without winning it. Good watch and I recommend it. Makes me curious about the next projects by Baldwin Li and Mark Gill.
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