Family Christmas Monopoly

This was a brilliant film, very deep, and very enjoyable to watch. Also completely clean, one I can actually show the family (unlike many others in this region). The story was simple but very well thought-out, and is shown rather than told - you only gradually come to realise what's actually going on, and the audience is strongly engaged trying to understand it.

It is wonderful to see three very different siblings, who have clearly been estranged, being knitted back together as a family by their father's carefully designed will - when wills and property can have the exact opposite effect and tear families apart. Family is so important, and this film is a real inspiration to preserve and nurture our own, not just when children are young but even more so when they are adults and dealing with complicated financial matters.

Thinking films are particularly difficult to pull off, so this is a very impressive achievement. I'll be putting this on the list to get our team to watch as inspiration before next year's competition.

A heartfelt and maturely told short. Im not normally a fan of the board-game films as they feel a dime a dozen... this one however managed to do what most fail to do and use the board game purposefully as well as subverting the usual "board game tears us apart" trope. Great work.

My only gripe is it felt close to last years jovial offering which was so elevated its hard not to compare it to that one - yes I understand there's large differences, but did have a similar set-up.

That said... There are details you'll pick up on a second watch that show this is well crafted and well thought out. Making a film with a more serious tone is also to be commended. Tight story, clear characters/relationships between characters. Cathartic ending. Great work all.