THE REWARD | Omeleto Drama
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2020
- Two strangers make an unexpected connection over a lost dog.
THE REWARD is used with permission from Lucy Patrick Ward. Learn more at lucypatrickward.com.
Felix lives in New York and works as a fitness instructor, but the real center of his life is his dog, Mr. Puggles, who has gone missing. In another part of the city, Charlotte is a young woman dealing with a family illness while still quite alienated from them.
When both characters intersect with one another over, they form an unexpectedly raw yet open connection, even as one person's horrible mistake becomes another's sharp grief.
Directed by Lucy Patrick Ward and produced by George Hamilton from a script by Joel Horwood, this short dramedy mobilizes a distinctly tragicomic sensibility, witty dialogue and exquisitely calibrated performances to explore the strange, circuitous ways people can form unexpected connections, even in the face of the small yet intense calamities that modern life can put in our ways.
Released in 2009, THE REWARD is notable initially as an early showcase for the performance talents of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the Emmy-winning writer, star and creator of the highly acclaimed series Fleabag. Though she's "just" a performer here, Waller-Bridge demonstrates an early flair for the awkward comedy of people finding their bumbling, imperfect way through emotionally challenging, even devastating circumstances.
Here, she navigates an excellent script by playwright Joel Horwood, which has an absurdist but compassionate view of humankind's foibles. Lives are busy and full with activity: exercising, walking dogs, shopping, working. And yet underneath all the bustle, everyone is still grappling with trying to find connection and meaning, whether it's in a conversation or in the guise of a beloved pet gone missing.
The directing is understated and naturalistic, yet upon closer inspection reveals a sharp, subtle eye for ironic detail and humor. The shots and camerawork have a knack for situating characters in the larger panoramas of modern life and emphasizing the way they are lost or uneasy within these contexts.
The world, the film seems to say, can be a difficult place for sensitive souls struggling along as the tasks, commitments and obligations bustle them along like a river. Sometimes these currents can cause us to collide with others in a calamitous way -- but those collisions can be the catalyst for deeper growth and connection, as Felix and Charlotte come to discover.
The humor of THE REWARD is wry, understated and yet unflinching in the way people can fail both themselves and one another. It also underlies how difficult and hard it is to be a decent and moral human being -- and to take responsibility for the mistakes we make and sometimes inflict on one another.
Yet the film's bittersweet, resonant ending shows that it's the attempt that matters -- the fact that we keep trying again and again, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable difficulty and our own flaws and faults. As long as we keep trying -- even when we fail -- there is still hope for humanity, and for the small yet enduring triumph of human decency. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
feels weird watching phoebe waller-bridge without the fourth wall break
Same. I was expecting it the whole time
She should be glad that it wasn't John Wick's dog.
Special story. Thank you!
Very good! I love her & really loved the story! Strange things happen to bring people into your world sometimes.❤️
Poor dog 🐕..🥺. I understand the correlation with her father hanging on and on.. so that may have been why she smashed the dogs head.🤦🏻♀️
Strong poignant film. Love the music in the ending where they were dancing.
im in tears x
❤❤❤ PWB - her sexiness, her charm, her hair and face, her long neck, her presence, her wit, and so on and do forth - but what was this???
I guess when you set the bar sooo high with Fleabag and Crashing, there’s nowhere to go but down.
But I’m sure we’ll see her killing it again soon. She’s just too good when she writes and acts out her own material.
Fleabag was great show
Bravisima!
Love it! love Phoebe Waller Bridge, But that repulsive music from his boombox...
What a SLIME of not even human life to kick a dying dog!! 😡😡😡
She didn't kick it, she put it out of it's misery. I know, it was brutal. I love animals 💟
That was my initial response, then i watched til the end and get it. She made the right call
She euthanized it, it was a kindness to the dog
Wonderfully weird!
Why are some movies vanishing from your site?
Fleabag belongs to England
Really, really effing weird.
The same thing happened to me, except i lost my virginity.
oh
somebody kicked your dying virginity
well
it's life i guess
Her american accent lol
She was believable until she started talking to the dog owner in the park.
she's a great actress but damn, someone needs to brush up on their comma gets a cure (google it)
Anatol Yusef OTOH went on to play Meyer Lansky in Boardwalk Empire.