What if Tinder came in pill form? This 17-minute trip asks: is love worth the side effects?
When a new "love drug" is released, two seemingly compatible people decide if dating is worth the risk to find true love or if all their problems can be solved in one little pill.
Acting
Eugenie Bondurant's controlled desperation sells the premise instantly.
Production
Smartly evokes Big Pharma aesthetic on micro-budget.
Writing
Economy of storytelling — entire relationship in under 20 minutes.
Director
Benjamin J. Murray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gloss arrives amid booming interest in 'love drugs' — actual research into MDMA-assisted couples therapy and oxytocin nasal sprays makes this fiction feel uncomfortably imminent.
The 17-minute runtime mirrors the drug's temporary effects — Benjamin J. Murray essentially forces viewers to experience pharmaceutical time compression, whether they realize it or not.
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