Technically great and amusing, but a sharper script could have made it so much more

Heiko Schulze, Paul Maresch, and Elena Walf in Some Thing (2015)

Theo Gonon

Fabien Weibel

A man who is obsessed with clocks wakes up, going through his perfectly synchronized morning routine before stepping out and getting hit by a bus. He wakes up instantly to find himself back in bed but a few seconds behind the prev...

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This is now the second or third short film I&apos;ve seen which looks for all the world like Pixar but actually comes from French students in an arts college; not sure if there is a connection there but recently I watched short animation Electroshock and felt it did a very good job despite falling just short on the content. Ironically my feeling is the same here - like it just needed a little bit more but still did the job pretty well. The plot sees a man obsessed with clocks getting up, going through his perfectly synchronized morning routine before stepping out and getting hit by a bus. He walks up instantly to find himself back in bed but a few second behind the previous version of himself, with the potential to therefore save himself or, fail and continue this same loop.

The result is a brief overlapping Groundhog Day where the man tries whatever he can to stop the accident. Visually it is very impressive, with nice shots and a style and quality that is approaching Pixar – just the problem that the content doesn&apos;t get that high. The various attempts are amusing at best, benefiting from the pace of delivery more than the content. It isn&apos;t as funny or as visually clever as it needed to be to really hit the high marks, although it is at least amusing and has a nice post-credit scene too. Kudos to the students because it is technically great and also shows potential in the material, but with a polished and sharper script, it could have been a lot stronger.

This is now the second or third short film I've seen which looks for all the world like Pixar but actually comes from French students in an arts college; not sure if there is a connection there but recently I watched short animation Electroshock and felt it did a very good job despite falling just short on the content. Ironically my feeling is the same here - like it just needed a little bit more but still did the job pretty well. The plot sees a man obsessed with clocks getting up, going through his perfectly synchronized morning routine before stepping out and getting hit by a bus. He walks up instantly to find himself back in bed but a few second behind the previous version of himself, with the potential to therefore save himself or, fail and continue this same loop.

The result is a brief overlapping Groundhog Day where the man tries whatever he can to stop the accident. Visually it is very impressive, with nice shots and a style and quality that is approaching Pixar – just the problem that the content doesn't get that high. The various attempts are amusing at best, benefiting from the pace of delivery more than the content. It isn't as funny or as visually clever as it needed to be to really hit the high marks, although it is at least amusing and has a nice post-credit scene too. Kudos to the students because it is technically great and also shows potential in the material, but with a polished and sharper script, it could have been a lot stronger.

A man who is obsessed with clocks wakes up, going through his perfectly synchronized morning routine before stepping out and getting hit by a bus. He wakes up instantly to find himself back in bed but a few seconds behind the previous version of himself, with the potential therefore to save himself or fail and continue this same loop.

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