Friday, August 15, 2025

2017 Lunch Ladies

  1. Directed by: J.M. Logan
  2. Written by: Clarissa Jacobson
  3. Stars:  Donna Pieroni, Mary Manofsky, Daisy Kershaw
  4. Run Time: 19 Minutes
  5. Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W-0BtiB92s


What Happens

Two lunch ladies work in the worst school that ever was. Still, there’s one bright spot: They both love Johnny Depp, and they’ve won a chance to cook for him. The problem is they aren’t very good cooks, and they’re both on the verge of being fired. This doesn’t escape the school’s students, especially one especially nasty influencer/cheerleader. 

WWJD? What would Johnny Do? If you know, you know.

Commentary

This one is truly outstanding. The production values are some of the best I’ve seen in a short, the comedic acting is perfect, and the timing of everything is just the way it needs to be. The Johnny Depp stuff is funny, the students, both before and after their special lunch, are outrageous, and even the sets, with their Soviet-Era motivational posters, are just awesome. A lot of thought went into this one, and it shows. 

I’d totally watch a two-hour version of this. 


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