A sock puppet's emotional journey will wreck you in 14 minutes flat.
Practical Effects
Handmade sock puppet steals every scene with googly-eyed soul
Writing
Absurd premise, genuine heart—short film economy at peak
Director
Sarah Gold
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jared Gilman, who plays Toby, was previously in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom—this puppet work might be his most vulnerable performance yet.
The 14-minute runtime forces the bildungsroman into hyper-compression—every frame carries coming-of-age weight usually spread across two hours.
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