Miguel Arteta's Are You The Favorite Person of Anybody? is a short to deeply contemplate not so much in what it provides us but how we could reply to the short film's central question. It stars John C. Reilly as a socially-awkward businessman with a clipboard asking passersby on the street "are you the favorite person of anybody?" and quickly following it up with "are you anybody's favorite person?" He gives them a list of stock-options found on typical standardized tests (IE: "very certain," "confident," "think so," etc). Despite clearly being a piece of fiction, the passersby respond with believable apprehension and confusion. One woman cites her ex-girlfriend with complete confident to the fact that she is her favorite person, however, with more contemplation, changes her answer from "very certain" to "confident." Arteta, whose short-hand filmography contains the very funny and underrated Cedar Rapids along with the quirky comedy Youth in Revolt, keeps the focus on Reilly, who retains his socially-awkward, sore-thumb quality and the question provides for unmistakable pondering on behalf of the viewer. Are you the favorite person of anybody and why?

Starring: John C. Reilly. Directed by: Miguel Arteta.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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A man with a clipboard asks passersby a survey question: "Are you the favorite person of anybody?" He has a scale, from "very certain" on down. His manner is open. He offers oranges to one respondent. He talks, one at a time, to three people. Their answers, however brief, are revealing.

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