Movie Review: In A Heartbeat

The season of love is here, and to celebrate, I watched In A Heartbeat.
In A Heartbeat is a five-minute-long, short romance film that was released on July 31, 2017, by Beth David and Esteban Bravo. The twenty-six-second trailer was released on May 17, 2017, on a channel titled In A Heartbeat Animated Short Film. This channel has only ever released two other videos: In A Heartbeat and three minutes of the music for it. Yet, it's garnered about 480k subscribers. Impressive.
The story follows a closeted homosexual redhead and his lovesick heart. This tiny little heart sees another, admittedly attractive, young boy and follows him. The redhead spends the course of the film running after the tiny heart in an effort to avoid being outed.
We start with the redhead up in a tree, watching his crush. Smitten, his heart beats out of his chest and follows the other boy. The tiny heart is persistent, and a bit invasive, stopping at nothing to bring these two together. In an effort to hide the heart, the redhead chases the heart and puts the two of them in very questionable positions. Eventually, they enter the actual school and students see them together with a heart. As expected, two boys being openly gay is looked down on judgmentally by their peers. The redhead freaks out and pulls his heart away, against its wishes. As a result, the heart tears in two and each boy is left with half as the redhead runs.
He goes outside and sits under a tree to cry over his broken heart. The other boy then comes through, bringing the other half of his heart and helping him put it back together. He sits down next to him and we get a wonderful depiction of both of their hearts now becoming one.
It’s a cute little tale centering around sexuality and teenage feelings. It shows how difficult it is for kids with different sexualities to feel accepted in today’s world. And it shows how difficult feelings are to deal with as a teenager in general. It warmed my heart and was a small enjoyable thrill. Honestly? I loved it. The ending was a bit abrupt for me, but it works.