I'm not the best with American female accents when they belong to younger generations; the upward inflection is usually the main thing, but the careful sense of disconnected-from-reality fun tends to grate on me too (I'm not as bad as I just made that sound). Anyway, I mention this to make sure it is clear that when I started this film, the narration almost immediately put me off it; was I meant to care about the very specific origin story of these two girls who I do not know and who talk, like, in a totally like annoying way? Whatever. So as a starting point for a viewer, I was probably not ready to even be fair to this simply because of myself, not the film.
Says a lot then how totally it won me over, how utterly right all of it felt, and just what a sense of warmth and cheer it left me with by the end. The narration is the two girls talking together and they are very animated and excited to be telling it. The promotional detail I heard for this short made it sound like their memories differed wildly, but actually it is only one or two little things they are not clear on. The narration is upbeat and filled with genuine fun and energy; at times this is a little much, but it is carried by the very fine delivery of the film. So while we hear the words, we see the memories replayed by actors. This involves animation, shooting in the woods, acting in projected sets, and several other interesting modes of delivery, all of which work really well. The performances of the cast are matched with the tone and specifics of the narration too; with the clumsy "whatever" dialogue of the girls matching the mouthed words, which is funny and also works very well indeed.
In the end, there is no reason you need to know this specific story about these two people, but the way the short film is put together means that it is well worth 10 minutes of your time to enjoy what it does and how well it does it.