One Love (short film)
One Love is a 2009 15 min. short film directed by D.J. Matrundola and produced by Josh Kimmel and Benz Antoine. The film presents seven different people in the process of starting a family, and the various problems and heartaches they face.
Cast
- Polly Shannon as Olivia
- Russell Yuen as Eric
- Larry Day as Dr. Gibb
- Benz Antoine as Malcolm
- Vanessa Matsui as Lucy
- Josh Kimmel as Jeff
- LinLyn Lue as Sue-Lin
- Jon-Paul Khouri as Joe
- Natacha Noël as Alicia
- Emma Stevens as Head Nurse
Film Score
David Kristian composed the music for "One Love".
Critical reception
One Love has received a good deal of favorable attention:
- "One Love is, to put it quite simply: incredible." (4/4 stars)
- "It's very rare to see a short that is so complete, One Love feels like a full length feature film. The story line is tight, no film is wasted, every second is instrumental to the tale." --Terra King, Indie Movie Examiner
- "Beautifully shot and uniformly well-acted, One Love is a short film that manages what many full length features cannot."
- "In just 15 minutes, this extremely well-made short weaves together four stories about parenthood..."
- "One Love includes many heartbreaking story plots that will relate to everyone in a powerful way." (8.5/10 stars)
- "A well-crafted movie that leaves you wanting more."
- "A fifteen minute short with the heart and soul of a full length feature film."
- "The master stroke of One Love is that in the short span of 15 minutes these people and their experiences begin to matter just enough..."
- "...while I'd like to see an expanded feature-length version of the film to see where he might go with it, it's very good as it is."