I Know Jake Gyllenhaal is Going to F**k My Girlfriend
2017 · 15m · United States
Directed by Nino Mancuso
Genres: comedy, dark comedy
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic
An aspiring screenwriter becomes convinced Jake Gyllenhaal is going to steal his girlfriend.
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The scouts
A premise so gloriously unhinged—romantic anxiety weaponized into celebrity paranoia—that it feels like something only a contrarian would greenlight, and Mancuso commits to the bit with total deadpan conviction; this is the kind of absurdist escalation that makes you uncomfortable and then can't stop laughing.
The film's debt to Kaufman-style neurotic comedy is evident, but it lacks the formal precision and editing discipline that would elevate this conceit into something with real staying power; the premise outpaces the execution.
There's a specific tonal choice here—treating the protagonist's delusional jealousy with complete seriousness rather than winking at the camera—that transforms what could be a one-joke short into something genuinely unsettling and funny, and that commitment is what makes it work.
Reviews
A funny short written by Los Angeles-based actor Sean Wing and directed by Nino Mancuso. "I Know Jake Gyllenhaal is Going to F**k My Girlfriend" follows an aspiring screenwriter's descent into paranoia after his girlfriend seems to enjoy a Jake Gyllenhaal movie a little too much.