简介：I'msurethere'smeaningintheresomewherebutI'mb*ggeredifIcouldgetit,10April2004 Author:bobthemoofromBirmingham,UK EphraimMcDougallisaprivateinvestigatorwhoinvestigatesclaims.Whenheisapproachedbyawomanwithajob,heturnsherawayasherjobisnotthesortheusuallytakes.Hethenfindshimselfdrawnintoastrangeseriesofevents. Whenthisshortstarteditheldhighhopesforme:aquirkyleadingman,astrangevisualfeeltoitwithafocusonoddities,unexplainedandmysteriouscharacters-allthesethingsseemedtobeleadingitdownaveryoddroadthatIthoughtwoulddeliveraweirdbutenjoyabletwistonthePIgenre.Howeveritdoesn'tmanagetogodownthatroadatall-insteadstoppingoffataservicestationandendingupstalledontheforecourt!Excusethewanderingmetaphors,butit'shardtoreallyknowhowtodescribethefilm'sinabilitytogoanywhereofanyvalue. ThefilmbecomesmoreofasuggestedromancewithMcDougallfindingayoungwomanthathequitelikes.Itdoesn'treallydoanything,infactithassolittlemeaningthatIwastakenbysurprisebythefactthatitended-inmymindithadyettoevenstart!Thiswasn'tjustmyexpectationsnotbeingmet,itwasthefactthatthefilmdidnothing-nevermindmeetingmyexpectations!Itisallthemoreirritatingasitmanagedtocreateavisualstyleandother-worldlyfeelthatofferedhopebutthenjusthelditatthislevel. D'OnofrioisOKintheleadroleandhecontributestothefeelingofitbeingalittleweirdandotherworldly.Itisashameheissobadlyservedbythematerial.Duringthefilmhehadalookofamanlostandunsureofwhatisgoingon-IassumedthatthiswaspartofthefilmbutInowbelieveitwasbecauseD'OnofriohadaslittleunderstandingoftheshortfilmasIdid. Overall,thisstartswellandclearlyhadpotentialifthefilmhadwantedtocontinuealongtheroaditstartedon.Insteaditstallsalongthewayandbecomesamostlymeaninglessshortfilmthatmanagestoloseit'saudienceinaveryshorttime.…