DC Shorts Blog
review: “AFTER THE STORM”
Director: Michael Lloyd Green
Running Time: 18 minutes
Genre: Drama, thriller
After the Storm is a drama-thriller about a family trying to piece their lives back together in the immediate aftermath of a Florida hurricane. While the acting is mediocre and the script gets caught up on itself halfway through, what the film lacks in acting and script, it more than makes up for in technical direction and editing. Taking an admittedly long time to get there, the climax is heart pounding and profoundly emotional.
Human beings at their best and worst, After the Storm manages to capture all the desperation, anger and hope that we experience at times of tragedy. The vivid picture quality and sound effects more than make up for a story that is a bit too long but nevertheless heartfelt and powerful.
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Reviewed films were randomly selected from the hundreds of entries to the 2009 DC Shorts Film Festival. The reviews are written by Bryan Koenig, an intern with an interest in film review and journalism. The opinions expressed are his own, and not that of the independent judging panel, the DC Shorts Film Festival staff, or the staff and Board of the DC Film Alliance.
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