Inhalation (Short 2010)

Inhalation: Directed by Edmund Yeo. With Susan Lee, Ernest Chong. Unhappy farm worker Mei steals some money from her boyfriend Seng, boards a ship to Japan and leaves him broken-hearted. But when she is deported it is Seng that greets her at the harbor for a night of bitter reflection.

“Right, well after this this was a short movie. And the emphasis here in on short. In the 17 minutes that the movie ran for, you are presented with a couple of events in the storyline.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSure, the storyline was easy to follow, but given the speed of things and the limited time frame, then everything felt superficial and shallow, and I didnu0026#39;t feel like I had the opportunity to immerse myself into the storyline, nor did I get to know the two characters in the movie either.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo writers Ming Jin Woo and Edmund Yeo didnu0026#39;t really deliver a wholesome short drama here. I feel that the storyline was lacking components and depths to make me gulp down the storyline and get into it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie was nicely filmed and edited, that definitely spoke well in favor of the movie, despite it being a mere 17 minutes of footage.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, then u0026quot;Inhalationu0026quot; didnu0026#39;t leave a lasting impression on me, nor did it really manage to entertain me. Sure, I sat through it to the end – no hard feat actually, given its 17 minutes run time. But this was just a swing and a miss from director Edmund Yeo, as it felt pointless and lacked a proper narrative.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;Inhalationu0026quot; lands on a mere three out of ten stars. This is hardly something I will ever sit down to watch again, nor has it given me the drive to seek out the counterpart titled u0026quot;Exhalationu0026quot; to watch that.”