Love Hate (2009)
6/10
Overall good
23 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
"Love Hate" is a 20-minute UK short film from 6 years ago and it is probably as known today as it was back then because lead actors Whishaw and Atwell have become fairly big stars in the years since then, mostly thanks to Agent 007 and Agent Carter. This one was written by Blake and Dylan Ritson, who I assume are brothers. One of the duo is actually a prolific actor, the other only worked behind the camera. This little movie here is about a man who just split up with his girlfriend and encounters hatred, in the truest sense of the word, namely in the form of a pretty hot chick. I thought most of the interaction were fun and interesting and make this a pretty decent watch. There weer weak moments too like the one when she says she slept with another guy he knows, which totally does not make sense unless the protagonist is a completely disturbed individual and schizophrenic beyond compare. Well.. maybe he is. After all, he is talking to a figment of his imagination for quite a while. But still, he manages to get rid off her without psychological help. A bit of a contradiction. However, if you do not take the film so seriously from a perspective of realism, it's pretty easy to enjoy it. I am not so sure if I liked the ending, but overall this was a good watch and Whishaw really looked a lot like Adam Driver when he was younger. Solid film, thumbs up.
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