Movie review "Ripple"

Ripple is a short film from singapore which is  a production of the creative room. The genre of this short film is family drama. The director of this short film is Daniel Yam, who makes this short film categorized as inspiring film. The cast of this short film are Michael Lee as grandfather, Lily Ong as grandmother, Lovelle Chua as granddaughter, Koeden Choo as Grandson, Daniel Chen as man in the queue, Ethan Ng as man in the queue (boy), Kelly Lim as mother, Rachael Lim as Supermarket cashier, Macus Low as bakery owner. The duration of this short film is 5 minutes 47 seconds. This short film was posted at 28 October 2014 on youtube.

In this short film, a little girl picked out a cake in a grocery store for her grandfather’s birthday. When they were in the cashier. Unfortunately , her grandmother didn’t have money to pay the cake. So, they left the cake but there was a man behind and he knew about that. Finally, he bought a cake for the girl because he remembered that someone ever bought a cake for him. And he gave message to a girl that she should do it later to another. It reminded him to someone who gave a cake decades ago was her grandfather.

What an amazing little film. The performance of this film is good. The story is natural. We can find it our daily activities. The moral value is we must help each other. It teaches us how a simple act of caring creates an endless ripple. This short film is worth to watch for relaxing and to open our mind about something happen around us. The inspiring story is clear so the audience will not confused. The letter is touching our heart. It’s a letter how far a goodwill can go. Even the simplest act of kindness it can motivate others to pay it forward.

Overall, that short film is good. The story is natural. That inspiring story has good moral value. We have to remember that Goodness will be paid by goodness too.