The Big Snit
A couple has a fight over a game of Scrabble unaware that a full-scale nuclear war has started.
Animation
Comedy
7.1
64 reviewsRuntime: 10 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1985-06-01
Director(s): Richard Condie
Production: ONF | NFB
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0088805
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CinemaSerf★ 7/104/5/2024
Anyone who has ever played Scrabble with a loved one will know just how dangerous it can be if someone has a nice seven letter word and the other a collection of vowels that might only make a word used by a kid in a playground! Well that's what happens here when the couple are having a game and he is stuck. She's bored waiting, so goes and hoovers their home whilst he puts the television on and watches some of his favourite pastime - sawing! Yes, that's using a saw to cut through things. Not surprisingly, it has a rather soporific effect on him (and their dog) and when he awakes after a few idyllic dreams of days gone by, he takes a quick squint at her letters but is caught. She throws a bit of a paddy and he has to find a way to placate her. Meantime, the television announces that there's a nuclear war ongoing and that they mustn't smoke! It's a simple animation with bulging bodily features and a slightly surreal slant to it before a denouement that I did rather enjoy.