Emile Brockton enjoys TV, chicken pot pies, and...well, not much else. His life has become a meaningless procession of banal activities that prompt him to spice things up the only way he can devise: by killing himself. However, the road to suicide is filled with many distractions, and these create the ultimate conundrum for Emile.
Writing
Dialogue so deadpan it loops back to brilliance.
Direction
Mark Osborne's animated background shows in timing.
Acting
Kent Osborne's void-energy performance is hypnotic.
Director
Mark Osborne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Mark Osborne's feature debut before directing Kung Fu Panda. Yes, really.
Kent Osborne later became head writer for Adventure Time, explaining the melancholy whimsy.
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