All Too Well: The Short Film (2021)
Short film featuring the extended version of the song “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift. A troubled couple's romance blossoms before it eventually falls apart.
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Bianca Sbrocchi
November 18, 2021
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All Too Well: The Short Film and the Hysteria
On November 12, along with the re-recording of her album ‘Red’, Taylor Swift released a short film with the same name of a track that has rubbed metaphorical salt in my heart-wounds on many occasions: All Too Well.
Swift is no stranger to the screen, with directing and producing credits to her name already including many of her music videos, along with her live studio session.
The film is just shy of 15 minutes and is accompanied by the new ten-minute “Taylor’s Version” of the song. But with the entirety of the song running throughout the film, with a small interlude for dialogue, my initial expectations for the narrative accompanying the heart-wrenching track were quickly cast to the wayside... because this was a music video.
I’m genuinely confused as to what makes this not a music video. Is it the titles? The brief dialogue break? The length? It does enhance the story of the elongated song with a visual element... which is the exact purpose of a music video.
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Movie Information
Short film featuring the extended version of the song “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift. A troubled couple's romance blossoms before it eventually falls apart.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Drama, Music
Directed By:Taylor Swift
Written By:Taylor Swift
In Theaters:11/12/2021
Box Office:
Runtime:15 minutes
Studio:Taylor Swift Productions, Saul Projects
Cast
Taylor Swift
Director
Taylor Swift
Director
Sadie Sink
Her
Dylan O'Brien
Him
Taylor Swift
Her, Later On
Jake Lyon
Him, Later On
Shawn Levy
Her Dad
Rashauna Eastman
His Friend
Anthony Espino
His Friend
Jeffrey Castillo Peña
His Friend
Elise Turin
His Friend
Mariama Bonetti
Her Friend
Laura Krstovska-Guerrero
Her Friend
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