Shootin' The Shorts Reviews
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Full Belly by Simon Parker
When the government of Great Britain makes cooking illegal and only allows people to feed themselves with government approved food capsules, Frank Owens is determined to keep the art of cooking alive.
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11pp
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4 readers love this script 
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18pp
4 readers love this script
Jewelry Store Robbery by Tal Almog
A first-time jewelry thief must grapple with the salesclerk’s unexpected talkativeness.
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8pp
1 reader loves this script
Thanks for the Hands by James Austin McCormick
An idealistic surgeon gives a mutilated prisoner a new set of hands but soon wishes he hadn't when he learns of the man's macabre compulsion.
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7pp
2 readers love this script
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3pp
3 readers love this script
(Never) Forever by Lewis Eastwood
The world's first real superhero naively demonstrates her powers for the world to see.
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5pp
2 readers love this script
Your House Is My House by Rob Herzog
The peculiar man who admires Kate’s house abruptly decides to move in.
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12pp
1 reader loves this script
Fairy Tale on I-75 by Tal Almog
A lawyer pieces together the details of his hungover client's theft of a bouncy castle... and a cow.
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8pp
2 readers love this script
Thirty-Seven Dollars by Robert Bruinewoud
A grieving, middle-aged woman walking alone at night through a dark alleyway is confronted by a mugger with a gun.
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5pp
Rockstar
20 readers love this script
Fried Eggheads by Robert Deigh
Two rival professors, forced to share a limo to their sold-out debate, butt heads and miss the event. They end up on foot on a dark road but discover something they can agree on.
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9pp
2 readers love this script
Don't Tell Mommy I'm Dead by Andrea Nettleton
A ghost pretends to be alive to spare his mother the pain of losing her child.
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10pp
Rockstar
17 readers love this script 
At the End of the Road by Mike Underwood
After a hit-and-run, a tormented driver is close to suicide when his past, present and future selves turn up to offer him a second chance. But will he take up their offer of redemption?
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4pp
Rockstar
9 readers love this script 
The Mailman's Son by J.B. Storey
The son of a Mailman develops an enduring bond over with the daughter of an unhappy couple whose house is a permanent fixture on his father’s delivery route.
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10pp
Rockstar
4 readers love this script 
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4pp
2 readers love this script
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6pp
2 readers love this script
The Defilement of Sacred Things by J. Alexander Johnson
When a church is vandalized before
its anniversary celebration, a local priest works with the police and the
mayor to discover who did it and why.
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8pp
Rockstar
3 readers love this script 
No Good Deed by John Staats
A good Samaritan attempts to diffuse a bad situation, only to light the fuse to another.
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6pp
Rockstar
4 readers love this script 
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14pp
4 readers love this script
Vintage by Mike Underwood
After landing an audition for a Victorian period drama, a hapless actress must find the perfect costume. But her search puts her on a deadly collision course with one of history’s most notorious killers.
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20pp
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10 readers love this script
Nothing Compares to You by L. Chambers
A man resorts to desperate measures to win back the affections of his one true love.
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5pp
2 readers love this script
Our Past Has Eyes by Gina Screen
A young African American woman’s cry for help awakens the spirits of ancient slaves who have grown tired of waiting 400 years for justice.
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9pp
12 readers love this script
Cry Havoc by J.B. Storey
The police interview a grieving father about the slaying of a gang members under investigation for the murder of his daughter.
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20pp
Rockstar
6 readers love this script 
Solar Warflare by Gary Parr
Using the power of the sun, one man seeks to change the world for the better. But the US military has other ideas.
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5pp
Rockstar
2 readers love this script 
Moscow Summer by J. Phillip Wilkins
A country preacher has a solution for all his followers’ problems.
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5pp
Rockstar
5 readers love this script