Review of There's a Man in the Woods

"There's a Man in the Woods" is a 3.5-minute animated short film from 2014, so it is 3 years old now, a bit over, not a really new movie anymore, but far from something outdated. The director is Jacom Streilein and he is also one of the writers. Yep, writers despite the really short runtime. Actually, more people wrote this film than there are voice actors in it as there is only one, namely the one voicing the teacher in the center of the action. It is the story of this man and how one child's stupid comment makes waves big enough to eventually cost him his job and also his sanity apparently as we see in the final shot. This is also the main problem I have with this film however. Maybe you could have made an argument for the guy losing his job or for him going insane because of that, but both happening in here did not really feel that realistic to me, especially the fact that he becomes unemployed because of what the boy said. Nah. I know parents of small children can be a pain in the arse and there are moments with reference to that that feel authentic, but as a whole it doesn't in my opinion. Another problem I had here is that I did not really like the animation a lot, but that's just subjective. Same about the voice actor. Yes he is as fast as this film, almost to extent where he sounds like a rap musician pretty much. I did not like most of the core components in here and that's why I give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended. If you still want to watch it, do it without your children. This (luckily) very brief movie is for grown-ups.