Long Story Short (2021)

YOLO! Is so last year, but you'll hear it a lot in "Long Story Short" and for good reason. The whole plot revolves around living our best life and making every second of every moment count. You Only Live Once! Too many people have lost the art of living in the moment and are instead trapped in a world on their own electronic devices. One of the big bonuses in this Aussie movie is seeing a stalwart of Australian Cinema. TV and Stage, Noni Hazelhurst, who's lived a full life, play The Stranger a Lesbian Sorceress who puts a hex on our male star, Rafe Spall as Teddy. He's a funny, English, workaholic, procrastinator who's deeply in love with Leanne played by Zara Newman. They accidentally snogged on the toll of midnight one New Years Eve and were destined to be together no matter what. But as a wedding present they are given a mysterious tin can gift from The Stranger that rattles and the next thing you know our heroes life flashes forward exactly one year on the happy couples wedding anniversary every few moments. Imagine your ageing, but your partner is going all Dorian Gray on you (ask your parents). Teddy's wife is struggling to cope with his absences and time travel. Fun Fact: Rafe is the son of the legendary actor, Timothy Spall and at age 19 shed many kilos to get better acting roles. His good buddy is played by stand up comedian and "Crazy Rich Asian" star, Ronnie Chieng, who was one of the first people cast for "Long Story Short". His role will have you both laughing and crying tears. The films writer and director,Josh Lawson, appears in a minor but pivotal role as Patrick and does an outstanding job with this production. This is easily one of the best Aussie RomComs of 2021 with shades of the UK picture, "About Time". Time travel seems to be the buzz word in movies at the moment after another Aussie movie, "2067" out now on Netflix and "Synchronic" on the big screen.

Fmovies: I wasn't looking for a meet/cute movie, nor do I usually care for them, but it was next in the stream queue and I was too busy doing something unimportant to change it. It grew on me because I like the main actor/director/writer and his dad. The actor who plays Sam, the best friend, is my LEAST favorite comedian (I won't watch his specials, but that's my problem) but I really liked him in this role. He should stick to acting!! All in all a good thing to watch when you don't want to think about anything, but do like to crack a smile.

Describing this as a romantic comedy may not quite fit this film, however, its as close to a genre description you may get. Perhaps the first half of the movie is frustrating as each scene seems to be a repeat of the previous and the movie doesn't seem to be progressing. It then transfers from being comedy to drama but still it makes no sense. But when the movie enters its final phase it becomes a beautiful story and all the previous parts fall into place. Whilst it maybe difficult people should persist with the film and reach what is a beautiful ending.

Long Story Short fmovies. Sweet little romantic comedy starring the wonderful Rafe Spall. Not brilliant, it's ok if you have time to kill.

The story is basically that a newly married man skips forward a year to each anniversary and sees his life progress.

A bit like the premise of 'Click' but nowhere near as touching or engaging.

While the message of the movie is good and happy, the actual movie was flawed. It had shaky acting, plot gaps, and was a walking cliche. It was very predictable and tried to be like the movies Click and Ground Hog Day. It's good enough to throw on in the background but not worth all of your time and energy.

An instant classic! I watched a Aussie movie the other night and I could not make out half of what they said in it. This movie had no subtitles but thankfully their accent was not too thick to understand. I love a good rom/com, they always make you feel good. This movie was great, funny, drama, and a happy ending. Who could ask for more. Spall and Newman are both new names to me but they both brought so much to the table and made this movie perfect! This was a story that has been done time and time again but the way they did it made it original in it's own way. I loved how cute and adorable the little girl was. I will definitely be watching this one again and I am going to recommend to as many ppl as I can.