8 Minutes Idle (2012)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man gets thrown out of his home and starts sleeping in the office of his call center job. He deals with his situation while nursing a crush on a coworker.
quirkylow-keybitter-sweetwryly humorousintimatemundaneslightly awkward
What happens
8 Minutes Idle is an independent British film released in 2014 based on the book Eight Minutes Idle by Matt Thorne. It is billed as an offbeat comedy drama where a young man is thrown out of his home and sleeps in the office of his call-centre job while pining after his coworker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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