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Smiling Friends: Absurdism at its Best

Updated: Feb 11, 2023


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“I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.”


Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray


PLOT

"Follows employees of a small company dedicated to bringing happiness to a bizarre yet colorful world" or "Rick & Morty but crazier"


SCRIPT

The jokes are well written and the characters are well defined. There banters toward capitalism, work-life balance, dating, traditions and movie genres are good. There're long running jokes and short ones which are mostly random and hilarious.

This series uses a kind of comedy which is hard to understand at first but will become easier with time, which is called absurdism.

Nonetheless I've to say that not all the jokes land and that's a pity, because the potential is there.


Script: 7/10


ACTING

The voice actors are the same people who created the series. An aspect which gives me Rick & Morty vibes and its good. They feel natural even though they aren't professionals. I like the variety of voices they're able to make. Just three people giving voice to more than ten characters.. That's remarkable.


Acting: 7/10


PHOTOGRAPHY

The series use vibrant colors and usually the light is flat but there're scenes where shadows are cast in a beautiful way. It's good but it could've been better if they showed us more outlandish scenes.


Photography: 6/10


EDITING

It's edited in a way to enhance comedy but I think that there isn't much to consider it remarkable.


Editing: 6/10


SPECIAL EFFECTS

The animation is one of the best aspects because its a bland of hand drawn animation and stop motion. There is also to consider that each character has its own design to help them stick in your mind.


Special Effects: 8/10


SOUNDTRACK

Sometimes the characters sing and its good but overall the soundtrack is absent or pretty average.


Soundtrack: 6/10



COSTUMES

There isn't much to say about it. The characters wear usual clothes without adding more in terms of meaning.


Costumes: 6/10


CONCLUSION

Script: 7/10

Acting: 7/10

Photography: 6/10

Editing: 6/10

Special Effects: 8/10

Soundtrack: 6/10

Costumes: 6/10

AVERAGE: 6,57


A nice comedy series which is a bit different than the ordinary sitcom. Give it a try.


Director: Zach Hadel, Michael Cusack

Screenplay: Zach Hadel, Michael Cusack

Cast: Zach Hadel, Michael Cusack, Marc M.

Soundtrack: Chris O'Neill

Running Time: 11 min



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