2020 1h 58m The title of this little indie film pretty much sums up the plot. In it, Jimmy Furuta (Dann Seki) a sweet retiree is home alone. His wife has just left on a trip with her friends and he's decided to use his time to start an ambitious project--to organize a lifetime of photographs and put them in albums. While perusing the photos, he noticed something unusual in a Polaroid snap his daughter took 35 years ago. It's revealed that his sister-in-law was murdered in 1982 while her husband was away fishing.The date on the photo reveals that his car was parked in the neighborhood of the murder the day before the murder was committed.
This starts Jimmy on some sleuthing using only his landline as his gateway to the truth. He's, shall we say, somewhat technical challenged. He doesn't have a smartphone or internet. So he uses his wits to try to solve a crime that has been largely forgotten.
The film was made over a five-day period with a limited budget. This shows at times as in the use of still photographs for flashbacks. Some of the effects are a bit cheesy, but this adds to the overall charm of the film. We never see any of the people he communicates with, but only hear their voices. He's an engaging enough actor to pull off this one man play, er, movie.
3 1/2 out of 5 stars
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