![]() ![]() Though the premise might sound somewhat bleak, in truth, “Long Story Short” is joyful, funny and feel-good through and through – not to mention highly motivational! As Lawson expressed to Ain’t It Cool, “One of the only certainties of life is death, right? As we know this to be true, then what are you waiting for? If this is all to end, then use that as a fire under you. I need to make it feel for him, what life feels like for all of us, that it’s over in the blink of an eye.” There’s too much downtime now in a day, I don’t want to let the foot off the accelerator. Of coming up with the unique time-bending construct, Lawson told the Script website, “I think initially I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll do this thing where he wakes up and every morning he wakes up, it’ll be a different year.’ You know, like ‘Groundhog Day.’ And then, I felt like I’m wasting too much time. ![]() The affliction quickly wreaks havoc on his marriage – and the rest of his life along with it. Written and directed by Hollywood multihyphenate Josh Lawson, the film tells the story of Teddy (Rafe Spall), a thirtysomething “serial procrastinator” who is hit with a strange curse the morning following his wedding in which every few minutes, his life is flashed forward an entire year, with Teddy having no recollection of any events that took place in the interim. That sentiment is at the heart of the 2021 Australian rom-com “Long Story Short,” which debuted on Netflix this past January. The days are long, but the years are short, as the old saying goes. ![]()
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