Spyhole

This short film left me rather confused . Bill Miller sees his his next door neighbours having a good hard snog . Fair enough but when the story switches to the neighbours going on holiday and they have left Bill and his wife Angela the key to their flat so that the Millers can feed the cat while they're away , this confused me . You see the neighbours either know or at least trust the Millers well enough to leave them the keys to their flat but the opening scene somehow doesn't feel right since Bill and the neighbours don't acknowledge each other on the stairway

Actually that's my main problem with the entire set up of this short - the relationship between the Millers and their neighbours is so vague as to be totally unconvincing . How well do they know each other ? Put it like this: If you were going on holiday and you needed someone to feed your pet who would your choice be ? the people living nearest to you or the people you trusted more than anyone else in the world ? Exactly . You wouldn't want vague associates tramping through your house in case they get up to no good and that's what the Millers do

So I wasn't impressed Jodhi May's short film SPYHOLE because the entire set up is unconvincing though to be fair it's rare to see a short film with an easily recognisable actor namely David Morrissey in it