Name: Wednesday with Goddard
Genre: Animation, Short
Released: 2016-11-28
Duration: 5 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Denis Foley, Aneta Piotrowska

A man decides to search for God, although with the afternoon getting on he feels his quest is pointless, until a woman offers to take him to where God lives.

This short (very short) film is somewhat of a whimsy, but yet at the same time embraces themes of searching, love, and the terrible confrontation of man with knowledge. The dialogue is delivered in a deliberately emotionless and flat manner, which contrasts with the creatively silly style of animation. This looks very much like it is influenced by Terry Gilliam's work in Monty Python, although the humor is different. The 'matter of fact' delivery produces some good laughs with some good lines and moments. The ending is surprisingly disorientating, and I enjoyed it for what I thought it did.

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