Plot

If Anything Happens I Love You is a beautifully illustrated animated short film that takes us on an extraordinary emotional journey of two parents struggling to overcome the hurt left by a tragic event that leaves their family changed forever. The film is a stunning tale that juxtaposes the excruciating pain one can feel as well as the resilience of the human spirit. If Anything Happens I Love You is a touching experience for anyone who has ever loved and lost.

Cast

No cast, no dialogue and made by people off my radar

Verdict

It's common knowledge that I've cried to five movies but short films until now hadn't garnered that reaction. If Anything Happens I Love You had me standing throughout, transfixed to the screen and blubbing like a newborn.

Generally I dislike this arthouse animation style but here the content is so endearing, so well made and so close to home I simply didn't care about this and took it for what it is. And what is it? A masterpiece.

This is simply wonderful and one of the best things on Netflix, perhaps even the greatest short film ever made. It destroyed me, I cried my eyes out and yet announce that everyone should give this 13 minutes of their life.

Rants The price of American freedom? Countless dead children so that Joe McShootface can have his manhood extension. If you're going to allow everyone to have an item that serves the singular purpose of killing others can we at least give them free mental healthcare and news that doesn't tell them to hate everyone? For crying out loud people, what did you think was going to happen? I hate guns more than I hate any type of person but even I wouldn't trust myself with one. No guns = No mass shootings = No children catching bullets to the face #simples

The Good

• Wonderfully made
• Powerful and heartfelt
• A message than resonates
• Simply beautiful

• Still not keen on this style of animation.

As a father I can't imagine how painful it will be if anyone lost his child ...

This short is all about grief, loss and family. It is pregnant and intense with a whole manner of emotions. The abstract animation style leads to an impressionistic work-certain sections are either dreams, memories or fancies-that cuts to the core of parents losing a child. On that level the film is accessible to everyone. However, I interpret the text around the cause of the child's death to be bluntly about the sheer access that Americans have to guns and the all too American *fear* that leads to our bizarre, misanthropic gun culture. I might be adding this to the short but I cannot but see this as simple condemnation of being armed to the teeth.