Horst_In_Translation Review of Interesting Ball

Interesting Ball (2014)

Spoof from start to finish that lacks individual creativity

[4/10 · 5 October 2016]

"Interesting Ball" is a 13-minute English-language short film from 2014. The directors are Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert and the latter is also one of the writers here. This was the first time I saw it and I must say it felt like a fairly underwhelming watch. It is basically a spoof of all kinds of other films and genres, but that alone is not enough for me to appreciate the film. But it has to be enough in this one as Kwan and Scheinert offer nothing more beyond being a mediocre parody. Some moments are slightly funny, other moments aren't funny at all. As a whole, I think the rating here on IMDb is far too high and I do believe that all the writers who worked on this project need to improve in their craft if they want to make it big some day, especially when it comes to giving a film an individual note. So yeah, the cast is so-so, not bad, but not memorable either, no big names working on this little movie, but this is usually the case with short films. Title could have been better too, slightly on the pretentious side (Red Balloon reference?). Don't watch.