Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and this short film does have audio description on Netflix.

Who is excited? The Oscars are upon us, and while I’ve run out of narrative features to watch, there’s still the short film categories. Color me pleasantly surprised to find The Singers on Netflix with audio description. This is not a long movie, so it won’t be a long review. Basically, the film takes place at a bar and starts with a wager on singing, and turns into a full blown sing off. There was something about the bar, the differences in styles, personalities, and little things the AD pointed out that made me think of this being like an afterlife thing, where singers congregate on their way to whatever is next. To be fair, that is me putting my own messaging, and it doesn’t match the intent of the director.

This is perfectly fine. It is very well shot, and the singers are incredible, but I wouldn’t give this an Oscar. I don’t review enough short films to know what finite grade it should receive, but it clearly is worthy of a fresh rating. It also had some lovely audio description from International Digital center, narrated by Sri Gordon. The AD certainly found little things about each of the singers, and I appreciated it.

The Singers is the warm and fuzzy Oscar nominated short that got noticed for being well shot, but is ultimately not substantial enough to win the whole thing.

Fresh.