Plant Parenthood
2024 · 15m · USA
Directed by Granville Davis
Tones: absurdist, humorous, whimsical
A used condom lands on a sunflower and gives it sentience. The film follows a married couple — Ronnie, who wants children, and Margaret, an executive at a condom company — after the sunflower mysteriously comes to life in their home.
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The scouts
Logline is 'a used condom lands on a sunflower and gives it sentience' and it's a marriage drama. With puppets. The straight-faced commitment to this premise is the entire pleasure.
A sentient sunflower from a discarded condom is the sort of premise that demands Sesame Street puppetry, and Granville Davis appears to have provided it. Endearing if uneven.
A used condom landing on a sunflower and giving it sentience, then carrying a marriage-and-fertility drama through Sesame Street-style puppetry — somehow staying warm through that premise is the actual achievement.
Reviews
An endearingly bizarre comedy punctuated with 'Sesame Street' like puppetry.