Strange Way of Life | Short Film Review

After 25 years, Silva (Pedro Pascal) and Jake (Ethan Hawke) reunite, before revealing the true reason they have come back together.

I was really looking forward to this short film when it was first announced, so I'm glad I could finally see it!

I liked the film, though not as much as I thought I was going to.

The premise was really interesting. Not knowing much about the plot before watching, I assumed it was a love story, and in a way it is, but there's a lot more to it than that.

In the beginning, I thought the actors had great chemistry, but after seeing the insane chemistry between the actors playing their younger selves (Jason Fernández and José Condessa), I started to believe in the older actors a lot less.

It was very well-written. It doesn't take long for the audience to know who these characters are, even though there isn't time to learn more deeply about them.

The short film format works really well for this story. I don't think I'd be interested in seeing a feature-length version of this story because at 25 minutes I was already losing some interest in the characters.

And then there was the ending, which was fine, but left a bit to be desired. It was sweet, but I wanted it to be a bit stronger.

Overall, I enjoyed this movie, and it's definitely worth watching, but I didn't love it as much as I wanted to.

6/10