Bowl of Oatmeal (1996) Online

A talking bowl of oatmeal,mental illness and raw meat. Combine the three and you've got one hell of a film. The dark short tells of a lonely shut-in who is taunted by a talking bowl of breakfast porridge. Isolation, despair and madness eventually lead the man to construct a lover out of a variety of uncooked meats. The film is perfection and the final scene will stay with you for days. I first saw 'Bowl of Oatmeal' back in 1996 as part of a student film & video festival and have never forgotten it. Since then I have been searching for a copy to share with others so that they may see the brilliance for themselves. This is one film that should be in everyone's video library!

I was lucky enough to see this film about 5 years ago. I have been looking for a copy ever since.

This film is able to convey a mans sense of isolation and depression perfectly. The dialog is spot on. Will Bartlett(The Oatmeal)plays his part wonderfully.His voice is calming and adds some dark humor to the heavy,depressing vibe of the film. It is also very realistic. This man could be your neighbor or a co-worker. You never know.

I did see this on a VHS compilation and I think that even though it was a dubbed copy, it looked and sounded great. It might have even added to the experience. It has a classic look to it.

A very enjoyable short!

After taking advice from his breakfast (an unusually chatty bowl of oatmeal!), a lonely man constructs a lover from his collection of raw meat.

This unusual short-movie's raison d'être is to deliver its undeniably unsettling payoff: a disturbing final shot of the protagonist laying on his bed with his arm around his makeshift, meaty mate. While this is undoubtedly an imaginative and twisted piece of imagery, I'm not sure that it is strong enough to justify the dreary build-up and mundane delivery; a bit more of a story and some reasoning behind the man's dodgy mental state certainly wouldn't have gone amiss.