Fed up with life as the son of Irish parents, Martin leaves a note and decides to live the rest of his life as a badger in the backyard. His mother naturally worries but his father is much more practical about the whole affair and decides something must be done.
With a typically Irish sense of humour, this absurd little short produces a witty little piece of nonsense whose only weakness is a rather poor ending. We focus on the parents, never seeing badger boy himself and the dialogue they have is funny and very, well, Irish. It is very practical and funny the father reckoning he could get lots of paintbrushes out of his son etc, it is absurd but it is also funny. The direction is good and makes good use of the impressive location it has to shoot in. The "punchline" is weak because we see an "animal boy" (spoiling the mystery) and it isn't that funny slightly undoing the good work that had gone before. The acting is spot on and fans of stuff like Father Ted will easily enjoy it despite it being short. Worth seeing then if that is to your taste but it needed a stronger finish.
With a typically Irish sense of humour, this absurd little short produces a witty little piece of nonsense whose only weakness is a rather poor ending. We focus on the parents, never seeing badger boy himself and the dialogue they have is funny and very, well, Irish. It is very practical and funny the father reckoning he could get lots of paintbrushes out of his son etc, it is absurd but it is also funny. The direction is good and makes good use of the impressive location it has to shoot in. The "punchline" is weak because we see an "animal boy" (spoiling the mystery) and it isn't that funny slightly undoing the good work that had gone before. The acting is spot on and fans of stuff like Father Ted will easily enjoy it despite it being short. Worth seeing then if that is to your taste but it needed a stronger finish.