I love everything about this Short Movie: the punny title, the length, the paranoia, the hilarity and the characters. "All American Tooles" is a funny picture about the extent of irrational fear and psychological dependency of technology in the United States.
The Tooles make an odd couple. Cindy Toole is paranoid, freak mom who has to drive a huge truck to keep her baby safe and believes that "the Babycam 90,000 Security Camera" is a good investment. Her husband is an equally stressed out nice guy who dresses/acts like a teenage burnout.
The layout of the movie is really funny, and I especially enjoy the way the Babycam causes the wife to believe that her husband is trying to kill her.
Other than that, I find the conventional American worries summed up pretty well.
Here's a revealing example:
"honey, we are not sending you to any gross mental institution..."
*wife shudders slightly and moves head on the emergency bed*
"you'll be going to happy camp."
*wife struggles to speak*... and in this seemingly life/death situation says... "Will the insurance cover it?"
...I guess the Tooles are not that weird afterall...
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I just read this. You're a genius, Shalini. Hahaha. (I wrote and directed the film, so a tad biased).
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