Mallory Meditates
2020 · 4m · USA
Directed by Alex Markman
Tones: contemplative, humorous
A woman tries to meditate while distractions and cynicism crash the party. Inner peace vs. real-world noise, told as a deadpan character study.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Finally, a meditation movie that admits the whole exercise is mostly people pretending not to think about their inbox. Four minutes, no woo-woo, and it lands the joke without smirking — I'll take it.
Wellness-breathing-vs-real-world-cynicism for comic friction — a four-minute Frances-Ha sketch crossed with a Headspace ad having a breakdown is a tight, specific gag.
Wellness-culture breathing against real-world cynicism for comic friction in four minutes — the Monsanto-Bayer aside example tells me the writing is sharp. Real-life couple chemistry plus tight runtime is a clean package.
Reviews
Gets a lot of mileage from its juxtapositions of should-be peaceful breathing exercises and real world cynicism.