I loved this from start to finish. Absolutely disgusting but with a perfectly timed sense of humour. One of the best absurd short films I've seen!
3 Reviews
Revolting and amazing
injury-6544727 May 2020
Weird and entertaining
TheLastPersonStanding31 May 2017
I'm not sure if "Cream" is supposed to be a dark comedy or a drama. Maybe both? Well, it certainly is strange. It's about three people in a waiting room. One is a man who urinates on a plant in the room, one is a pregnant woman, and the other is a man who's possibly the woman's husband or something. For some reason, this man turns into what I guess is a floating ball of human flesh and the woman gives birth in the room without anyone assisting her. There's also no dialogue.
The film's stop-motion animation is pretty good. The characters look kind of ugly, but that might be intentional. It didn't really bother me. The film is unpredictable and, like I wrote, weird. Why the hell did that guy turn into a floating ball? Is it metaphorical? Anyway, you may find "Cream" to be off-putting, but I liked it. I should mention that it's apparently a student film. I think it's a good one.
The film's stop-motion animation is pretty good. The characters look kind of ugly, but that might be intentional. It didn't really bother me. The film is unpredictable and, like I wrote, weird. Why the hell did that guy turn into a floating ball? Is it metaphorical? Anyway, you may find "Cream" to be off-putting, but I liked it. I should mention that it's apparently a student film. I think it's a good one.
Ice cream and misanthropy
Rectangular_businessman30 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Not to be confused with the David Firth short of the same name, "Cream" is a strange stop-motion short with some misanthropic undertones: Everyone seems to be a jerk here, displaying some form of cruelty in one way or another.
I must confess I'm not really sure about the meaning behind this, but it was interesting to watch anyway, mostly due its unusual visual aesthetic and the unpredictable nature of the plot, which almost seem to follow some sort of strange dream-logic.
The poster image somewhat spoils the main climatic scene, but the ending managed to take me by surprise anyway. It also gave me the impression this was going to be much more disturbing than it actually was, almost looking as something from a horror film.
Definitely not for everyone, but fascinating nonetheless.
I must confess I'm not really sure about the meaning behind this, but it was interesting to watch anyway, mostly due its unusual visual aesthetic and the unpredictable nature of the plot, which almost seem to follow some sort of strange dream-logic.
The poster image somewhat spoils the main climatic scene, but the ending managed to take me by surprise anyway. It also gave me the impression this was going to be much more disturbing than it actually was, almost looking as something from a horror film.
Definitely not for everyone, but fascinating nonetheless.
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