Lightning Bugs in a Jar (2015)
When a mother and son with a caustic history reunite to pack-up their old house, sparks fly as long-buried secrets are revealed, and it might fall upon the shoulders of the son's boyfriend to help heal old wounds.
- Robert Ian Simpson
- Sara Wolkowitz
- Robert Ian Simpson
Rating: 3.5/10 by 2 users
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Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 00 hour 20 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: lgbt, mother son relationship, short film, gay couple, boyfriend boyfriend relationship
Mother "Farrah" (Betsy Aidem) arrives at her old house to find son "Max" (Devin McDuffee) flagrante delicto with boyfriend "Ben" (Ethan Slater). She's not especially bothered about that, it's just that there are jobs to be done clearing out their former home, and it's soon quite clear that it's not just that that needs a good airing. This crams quite a lot of family tension into twenty minutes but sadly very little of it is innovate or well acted. The dynamic between mother and son is overcooked and contrived and the pacifying interventions of "Ben" predictable. It looks OK, but there's very little natural or convincing about it.
