This is an award-winning short film by Maggie Kiley from 6 years ago. Thumbs up to her for discovering Jesse Eisenberg's talent before he was famous and casting him for this 17-minute movie. Eisenberg plays a a young man who got left by his girlfriend. However, he is not yet ready to deal with the break-up, so he sits in her apartment (both their apartment?) day in and day out. Weird situations arise when she has a friend over or even has a one-night stand with another guy.
My favorite scene was maybe the one when she forgot her key and he lets her in, which shows that she somehow needed him to be there still and that she was not entirely over the breakup either. Same can be said about the kiss, although this was really too showy for my taste and lacked subtlety. Now about the ending, he sees himself with her. It's not his identical twin, is it? I am really having difficulty interpreting this ending. My initial guess was that the boy sitting there was only his conscience and showed us that his mind was still with her in the apartment, but then he could not have opened the door and she would not have introduced him to her visitors, so it was probably really him, physically as well. However, I cannot come up with an explanation of the final shot then. It just doesn't make sense. oh well, maybe it was actually the identical twin brother and it shows us that she either wants to hurt him as much as she can to get him to move out or that she still is in love with him, but only with the happy version of himself who does not live like a bu day in and day out. All in all, a mediocre film at best. Pity, the premise is really interesting, but the execution detail was not. Not recommended.
My favorite scene was maybe the one when she forgot her key and he lets her in, which shows that she somehow needed him to be there still and that she was not entirely over the breakup either. Same can be said about the kiss, although this was really too showy for my taste and lacked subtlety. Now about the ending, he sees himself with her. It's not his identical twin, is it? I am really having difficulty interpreting this ending. My initial guess was that the boy sitting there was only his conscience and showed us that his mind was still with her in the apartment, but then he could not have opened the door and she would not have introduced him to her visitors, so it was probably really him, physically as well. However, I cannot come up with an explanation of the final shot then. It just doesn't make sense. oh well, maybe it was actually the identical twin brother and it shows us that she either wants to hurt him as much as she can to get him to move out or that she still is in love with him, but only with the happy version of himself who does not live like a bu day in and day out. All in all, a mediocre film at best. Pity, the premise is really interesting, but the execution detail was not. Not recommended.