Remember Me (1981)

Effective in getting message across, 27 November 2015

I'm rating Remember Me a 6/10 primarily because of its effectiveness. The makers of this short set out to get across the importance of quality customer service - and they succeed. Filmed in 1981, the message still resonates. The Customer (played nicely by Will Gerard) faces the same poor customer service scenarios that we all face in our day-to-day lives. And he responds just as most of us would - he accepts it quietly and moves on. But the point the short makes is that while we may not complain or anything like that, we do have the last word. We tell our friends about or poor customer service experiences. And word-of-mouth is an awfully powerful form of negative advertising. Very nicely done.

Of all the Rifftrax and MST3K shorts I've seen, Remember Me is probably one of the best and most effective of its kind. The riffing is good, but the short is actually good on its own (though probably not overly entertaining).

6/10