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Telling Lies

2001 · 5 min

A rapid, squirm-inducing comic spiral of phone calls where each lie makes the hole deeper.

Directed by
Simon Ellis
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Overview
The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
How it feels
Tense, absurd and satirical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Deception, guilt, identity
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Directed by
Simon Ellis
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

Cast

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy, drama
Directed by
Simon Ellis
Written by
Simon Ellis
Starring
Tim Cunningham, Juliet Jones, Penn Linfield, Shaun Mechen, Sarah Tutt
Runtime
5 min
Country
United Kingdom

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