The Spleenectomy (2008) watch online HD

This short film, which runs for little under 12 minutes, has in retrospective one of the most impressive cast and crew for a short film since the new millennium. It has the writer from "Legally Blonde" and "The House Bunny" and the star from the latter, Anna Faris, known to many also from her work in the Scary Movie franchise. Also on board are (then-not-yet) Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and Larry Miller, not that famous, but a personal favorite, who put the Poole in "Crane, Poole & Schmidt".

Unfortunately the story was not half as interesting as the people involved with it, which dragged the whole project down considerably. Faris plays a single mom who's an actress and keeps auditioning for projects, with little success unfortunately. When she gets rejected once again for the role as a doctor, she visits her sister, who works at a hospital, afterward and ends up mistaken for a real doctor. As much as it underwhelmed on the comedic level, it also didn't really deliver on the drama. The scene where her sister tells her for example that being a mom is enough, left me rather unattached. So yeah, give this one a go, if you like the other projects by those involved, otherwise you can definitely skip it.

One of the cutest short films I have ever seen. Anna Faris lights up the film with her (somewhat typecast) ditsy blonde character, along side of her adorable Jonathon Lipnicki look-a-like on-screen son. Also, making me laugh was Larry Miller and his fake German accent as well as Ron Livingston who randomly pops up towards the end of the short, and pretty much the story itself.

It follows a young mother who dreams to become a stage actress. In order to get the dream role she feels she must live in the shows of her twin sister, and, ultimately, perform a spleenectomy.

Produced by Glamour Magazine and Suave, inspired by "Glamour reader" Stephanie Holcomb, and written/directed by Kirsten Smith (who wrote films like "10 Thing I Hate About You," "Legally Blonde," "Ella Enchanted," "She's The Man," "the House Bunny," and "The Ugly Truth"), it is safe to assume this was aimed towards women; however, it is not limited to them. Anyone can and should enjoy this cute little film.