Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I don't know if others are aware, but there are two versions of this film. I saw the first one streaming, and the second I downloaded from Amazon. In the downloaded version, the film runs through the sequence only about 1 1/2 times before he actually stops and smells the roses, then throws away his watch. I was very confused when I saw this because I think the film already has a surreal psychedelic tone. So I had to go back and watch the first version to see if I was just trippen. I found both versions of the film good, but almost a little too intense to watch. Pehaps that is not a negative from the film-maker's perspective because you do get very involved in the perspective of the "man." I began to feel the anxiety that he felt, however it was almost at an uncomfortable level.

What a fantastic short! I would not have picked up on Dr. Awkward being a palindrome without the help of other reviewers, so I wanted to add some thoughts to the theme as well. Did anybody notice that the shoulder bag strap that the human/rat wears is labeled with the infinity sign? That's when it occurred to me that the character isn't being referred to box 181, it's a call to return the character to the same struggle, over and over again, for infinity - the infinity sign is in between two parallel lines on the box key. Same DVD, same run, same message, and this snatch of time starts over again.What I enjoy about the theme is that the cycle continues only as long as the character lets it continue.There's some really interesting post-modern theology in this short: humanity's view of God, of time, of the "important" things in life.

First off let me say that I loved this film. I've watched it at least 4 or 5 times now, and I'll probably end up viewing it again. However, I have a few questions...I understand the movie itself and underlying themes, but I have a question about the title. I know it is a palindrome (spelled the same way backwards and forwards), as is the character's name, "Dr. Awkward," but is there some other connection or meaning in the title? It doesn't really seem to connect to the film itself, as far as I can tell.Also, the cartoon character's face is posted EVERYWHERE in the city...billboards, sides of buildings, trucks, poles, etc. I assume that this is trying to show that everyone is looking for "salvation" or inner peace wherever they can find it. Any thoughts?If anyone has any thoughts I'd love to hear them!

There are amateur films, And films that look amateur.This looked amateur. Discontinuities cluttered the film. And any repeated actions in the film were achieved by playing back old footage. I actually thought I had a bad download. The first probably three minutes of the film is repeated frame for frame a little more than half way through.Then latter in the ending sequence they keep repeating the exact footage not in flash back but because the director was simply too lazy shoot different actions in different ways. I was thoroughly impressed by how bad this was.