13 minutes of devastating intimacy that'll wreck your evening — in the best way.
Brooks, a lonely 30 something man seeks to escape the discomforts of daily life by hiring a sex worker for any sort of connection at all.
Acting
Strassner's face does 90% of the storytelling. Brutal restraint.
Direction
Strassner directs himself into uncomfortable, unflinching territory.
Writing
Every line of dialogue feels improvised because it hurts so specifically.
Director
Michael Strassner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Big Boy' drips with irony — Brooks is emotionally stunted, performing adulthood through transaction. It's the kind of detail that stings more after viewing.
Part of a wave of post-pandemic shorts exploring isolation and touch starvation, but Strassner's approach avoids the easy 'we're all lonely' sentimentality for something more surgical.
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