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Perfectly adorable

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

"Eat" is a 9-minute cartoon by famous American animator Bill Plympton. He made this one between his 2 Oscar nominations. It is basically about what happens at a restaurant at night when a couple guests come. Utter chaos ensues, that much is safe. If you have seen some of the director's work, you will immediately recognize Plympton's approach, not only in the animation style. It is over-the-top and gross and the soundtrack also fits him. Do not pay attention to reviews that call it misogynist. Those people obviously did not understand a thing depicted in here. It is not against women. But sadly, it is also not particularly entertaining. The only thing I liked was the animation. The story was very random and forgettable. Plympton has done better on other occasions. I give "Eat" a thumbs down. Surprised to see it won a prestigious award at Cannes.

Eat (2001) ** (out of 4) Good tastes has never been mentioned in a Plympton film and that continues with this weird one. The action takes place inside an Italian restaurant where various people show up to eat. I can't say I enjoyed this short because I simply didn't laugh enough but even though the laughs were short I must admit that the entire film is so strange and surreal that it's hard not to recommend it on some levels. The people that show up in the restaurant range from a lonely man who pretends his pasta is a woman, kids fighting and we even get a vomit scene that will have many hitting the stop button on their remotes. Again, I didn't find anything here funny but at the same time there's such a strange atmosphere that you can't help but be somewhat entertained by what you're seeing. There's a certain darkness to the movie that makes it rather original even if you can't enjoy what jokes are here.

Another gem from Bill Plympton. His legions of regular fans won't be disappointed and perhaps it will even recruit some new ones, since the end is very reminiscent of Monty Python's "Just one thin mint?" sketch.This humorous short reminds me of when I served time behind a menu and a tray. You get kind of numb to all sorts of gross eating habits of people, otherwise you wouldn't survive your shift let alone the week till your next paycheck. This film brings it all back: the weird-o single diner; the annoying couple, complete with the man ordering for the girl; the family that brought the obnoxious, messy brats along. The benefit of this film is that I don't have to serve these people, but can just commiserate with the poor waitress who does. Of course, what do you want from a restaurant whose name translates to "House of Eats"?I think you can pick this up over at www.Filmporium.com They include the Academy-Award winning "Ryan" and Chris Hinton's frenetic short "Flux" in the five dollar DVD.

E-Gads! that is what we need, a "Womyn's Studies" major from Sarah Lawrence giving her take on a Bill Plympton short. If this one upset you by being politically incorrect, do yourself a favor and don't watch any others, especially the early ones. As for Eat, this was the first Plympton cartoon I've noticed where the animation (especially the backgrounds) was a lot cleaner than usual Plympton fare. It was almost distracting NOT to have "dancing lines" on everything in the frame! Very good plot, and the kids section was very well done. Not one of his best, but still a very entertaining 10 minutes or so.