The Text

I had no idea that these movies are a series…. Been watching them in opposite order

Loved it

Had to come back and watch this one after watching the other more recent sequels, and it delivered!

Bro really made an app for his ex girlfriend

This has some very Slacker-ish vibes to it. Loved it. I think I'm gonna make an album during the Emmy's. Your an inspiration Joel, thank you as always.

Came back to watch this after seeing the Email. An expertly made and acted short film that perfectly captures the horrific discomfort of a dysfunctional toxic friend group, especially in contrast to how normal and reasonable Kylie is. Relationships and people are complicated but watching these guys is so painful, 11/10, amazing

9:39 I can't believe Trent predicted 6-7

Just saw The Email. Didn’t realize there were two before it I’ve never seen. Gonna be a good day. God bless you Joel, love these little films. You’ve gotten better and better every year.

Oh my goodness – to be young and stupid again

loveddd the piano in this it set the tone of the opening so well… and also the implication that the app somehow was actually predicting his death lmao

This movie was so good!!! The build up before the text, and then holding it back from the audience even as the characters read it was perfect. The characters all felt so real and like they all had their own stuff going on. The several character-driven total vibe shifts were incredible. I’ll be thinking about this one for awhile. I watched and really enjoyed Pretend That You Love Me last year and that also stuck in my brain for months after too. You’re really talented Joel! I’m gonna let this one marinate but I’m looking forward to watching more of your films

Love the foreshadowing when he said his hands were full and then….drops the can. Masterclass in suspense, totally out the left field. I mean when you think it's gonna zig you go right ahead and zag. 😍

9:41 6 7 predicted

Man Jacob’s character gets to me. Dude turns 30, feels like he got lost in his 20s, and decides to jump on his friend for a stupid drunk decision and suddenly make that a problem to focus on instead of himself. And to then subsequently get everyone else to jump in on it when in reality it’s a stupid drunk text you’ll feel weird about and forget it all later. Fucking masterclass character writing, genuinely

I subscribed years ago because of the silly little 5 minute videos and wow look at you now.

My favorite movie director is Yorgos Lanthimos. You just made a short film very reminiscent of my favorite director, and the ending was genius! This is a masterpiece. Your dialogue is so natural, Hollywood doesn’t even come close.

When he said, “okay it’s ready.” I immediately thought FADE TO BLACK FADE TO BLACK! And once it did, I literally screamed “YESSSS!” Confused the hell out of my wife lol.

Big fan

ben is such an asshole

I laughed more at this than any feature film in the past ten years

The app was silly. Actually it was DUMB and "that's a fact". He should've kept his Tinder comment to himself.

Friends who act like the guy in the shorts are the ones you have to watch because they secretly resent you. He's the type that would do something like have an affair with his friends wife or something spiteful like that.

Everyone else was cool. But shorts was crap trying to ruine the date. I'm glad it didn't work. I think he knew his app was dumb and that's why he was so upset.

Trust issues

Hey! I'm an amateur film maker and I wanted to ask how you do your sound!? Please?