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Pet Peeves

2017 · 11 min

A quirky, offbeat short that plays like a scruffy comic sketch, gently odd rather than laugh-out-loud funny.

Directed by
Joe LaRue
Starring
Jonah Blechman, Kelli Barksdale, Blake Young-Fountain
Tagline
Meet your friendly pet psychic felon.
Overview
Newly released from prison, Milton Michaels restarts his pet psychic career and discovers a mystery about his past while delving into the mind of his client's dog.

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Directed by
Joe LaRue
Starring
Jonah Blechman, Kelli Barksdale, Blake Young-Fountain
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • mystery
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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
Horror1
Humour6
Realism5
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Directed by
Joe LaRue
Starring
Jonah Blechman, Kelli Barksdale, Blake Young-Fountain, Celeste Den, Steven Lekowicz, Quentin Anthony, Cherish Monique Duke
Runtime
11 min
Languages
English

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