"Strange Beasts" is a British 5-minute live action film that can be called a mockumentary. This one was released back in spring 2017, so it is almost a year old, probably much more when you are reading this review. Writer and director is Magali Barbe and in this one we got a male character presenting us the newest in pet technology and this surely takes tamagotchi to the next lewvel, the virtual reality level in fact. The film competently walks the fine line between us saying "oh what a cute animal" and us thinking "now that is weird", especially when at the end we basically have a daughter animal and the protagonist we see looks to us as if he was insane speaking to non-existing characters. Well guess what? He is. So there is a bit anti virtual reality message in here and a pro real reality message. I think the switching between what he sees and how others see him was handled pretty competently here and you can easily see that Barbe is really experienced. It may be her(?) first effort as writer and director, but she has worked in the visual effects department already on a few really famous blockbuster movies already. This one we got here is a really good rookie effort and a fairly interesting watch that offers really nice effects work, but also an interesting plot. I recommend checking it out.
Review of Strange Beasts
