Fool's Day

This short is like an extended skit, that is both childlike in concept and execution. The movie starts taking some big turns early on, but basically it's following a class of kids working together to get in and out of trouble.

The premise is delightful, and while there is a big room for improvement, it's easy to forgive most of the flaws. It's all light hearted (well, kinda) and fun. The performances from the kids were better than you would expect from a production like this - you can see big Hollywood movies with kids who can't act half as good as some of these kids.

My main objection would have to be with the ending, which in many ways was a cop out. It's difficult to have an end as out there as the rest of the short, while not going to far. I can see why they went the direction they did, but it ended up feeling underwhelming.

This movie was amazing. At 19 minutes, it seems to go by super fast. I laughed throughout the movie. It was original and well written. The characters were funny and real for being in a comedy movie. The performances were really great as well. Even the child actors did a great job.

I really loved this one and highly recommend it.

"Fool's Day" is a funny short film which stars a bunch of kids. Oddly, however, it's NOT a film I'd show most kids, as it's very violent and bloody!!

When the story begins, it's April Fool's Day and a class of 4th graders is planning on pulling a prank on their teacher. However, they are shocked when the coffee they spike turns out to be explosive....and the teacher's head explodes!! But, being kids, instead of seeking help and admitting what happened, the little jerks decide to hide the body and all the bloody evidence before their guest speaker arrives. What's next? See the film.

This is a good film and my comment above about not letting kids see it stands...at least young kids. After all, you DO see a person's head explode...and that is pretty much all you need to know about that!! Still, it is clever and the payoff at the end is nice. Worth seeing and clever.

By the way, if you DO watch it, pay attention to the janitor...that's Dee Snider, the lead singer for Twisted Sister!!

The kid actors were good and believable. As a mother of a small child who is in school, I got a good laugh out of this.