Ace Date is a 12 minute short comedy film by Kali Thomas. I was provided with a review copy back in July 2022, and wrote this review at the time, but delayed publication because I wasn’t sure where it was available. Ace Date is now available in Roku OnWatch TV, and it’s also in Outfest’s OutMuseum Ace of Hearts short film collection. You can also watch the official trailer.
Ace Date depicts Sydney, an ace woman, going on a blind date with Adam. Sydney is not enthusiastic about blind dates, or dating at all, for that matter, but she was pushed into it by her friend Rachel. The date is ambiguously bad, not because it’s bad bad, but because Sydney obviously doesn’t want to be there, so what did you expect?
Here are three things that were perfect about this film:
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