A guy borrows his best friend's mobile phone in order to call a girl he recently met, but the phone recognizes the number being dialed, leading to a number of awkward and funny complications.
Acting
Martin Freeman's escalating panic is physically painful to witness.
Writing
Tight dialogue that weaponizes everyday phone technology.
Editing
Ruthless 13-minute runtime leaves no room to breathe.
Director
Ed Roe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ed Roe made this as a graduation film from the National Film and Television School — it won multiple festival awards and launched his career.
This 2004 short predicted modern dating hell: technology exposing secrets we'd rather bury, and the specific horror of 'read receipts' before they even existed.
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