A 12-minute comedy about handcuffs, daddy issues, and the universe's sick sense of humor.
Father and son become entangled in their differences when they are accidentally handcuffed together....
Writing
Sobol squeezes a full arcs worth of resentment into twelve tight minutes.
Acting
Everett and Jubinville sell genuine father-son chemistry through sheer discomfort.
Practical Effects
Real handcuffs, real struggle—no CGI saving this family bondage.
Director
Jonathan Sobol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jonathan Sobol later directed The Art of the Steal and A Beginner's Guide to Grief, proving his obsession with dysfunctional family heists.
This premiered during the late-2000s short film boom when YouTube made twelve-minute experiments viable again—Sobol rode that wave before features swallowed him.
US
CA
