Reminds me of my own life in so many ways!!
I met my first love via an app and we talked a lot before meeting.
Also that cigarette "kiss" reminds me of my friends back home. My friend and her boyfriend did the "kiss" all the time.
Anyways, I'll stop being nostalgic and get on to the review.

STORY:

A young barista takes a liking to one of his customers. He updates his online friend of his ideal type, while thinking of his customer. One day the customer comes in and the barista decides to take a chance. The customer goes out to take a smoke break and the barista follows. They talk for a bit before the customer leaves. Later when the barista finishes his shift he goes outside to find the customer waiting. They chat before the customer offers to take the barista home. On the way home he receives a message from his friend asking him to update his ideal type. The barista messages his friend that he and his ideal type are hanging out now. The customer turns to him and asks "Me?" before showing him their chat conversation.

This is a short, but beautiful story of love. From the "dating app" (or online friend. IDK what is the right term for this) to nervousness, it's very realistic and relatable. Even the "why didn't you tell me you were him," was realistic. It's literally like taking a peak into the life of another person.

Personally I wanted to see more. While it ended nicely, I thought it was too short. We only got the barista's side of the story, so I wanted to get bigger peak at the customer's side. We get the hint that he likes the barista, but we don't know what the customer was doing to feed his crush. In the short, when we see the flashes of the barista crushing on the customer via messages, I would have liked to see the customer's response back with flashes of the barista. Instead he just is there as eye candy until the end when we find out he is the person on the other end of the messages. If they wanted that to be a surprise, I feel like there should be another way to do it, but I could just be projecting because I want more info.

The cigarette "kiss" was unique and I love it. It was sexy to watch. I don't really see much of this on screen or in real life, but as I said earlier, my friends did this so it was nostalgic to me. I could just imagine his heart beating like crazy as his crush did this to him.

Lastly, yet most importantly, the confession. "Why didn't you tell me?" This is the question we often ask. It's hard to confess in general, but when you know that the person you're messaging has a crush on you yet doesn't know it's you... I can imagine the conflicting feelings. People will either take it two ways, one, I'm so embarrassed I couldn't figure out it was you. Or two, you betrayed me by not telling me. I'm glad the barista went with the first reaction. However, "Why didn't you tell me?" is such an important question and the title of this film is Please Tell Me So, so I wish they would have talked about it more. There is an implication that the barista may have spilled some embarrassing secrets, and also they both seemed to have a crush on each other for a while, so it would be great to see them discuss it more. I felt like they played the "first love" card to sweep everything away nicely to finish up the film quickly. It was a cheap way out, but I guess it works to wrap up the film in a kiss.

OVERALL:

This film is beautiful and realistic. Also very nostalgic for me. This is the first time a film has ever made me recall moments in my life. I really enjoyed the film because of it. While the ending was wrapped up a bit too quickly for my liking, the cards were played right, so no complaints there. I can't wait to see another film from Strongberry soon.