What a waste of my time!!!

It is a performances centric movie

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

What the f**k did I just watch?Don Hertzfeldt Oscar winning short film, 'Rejected' is 9 minutes of complete weirdness and utter nonsense, but it's also different and kinda refreshing to watch, and that's why I enjoyed the movie a lot. I liked Don Hertzfeldt previous movies such as: It's Such a Beautiful Day, World of Tomorrow, and now Rejected.The type of humor used in Rejected may or may not make everyone laugh but I did as the kid within me can laugh at silly things sometimes. I highly recommend Rejected to people who like creative and also strange ideas that comes together very smoothly.

Don Hertzfeldt has managed to make some of the most innovative and hilarious animated shorts by using the most primitive style of doodling and stick-figures, which, in my opinion, only helps accentuate the charm of his work. Hertzfeldt is a commendable artist with a plethora of ideas, frequently finding a way to make his random ideas flourish through the limitless realm of animation, and Rejected shows the kind of activity that I'm sure floods his head on a daily basis. The connective tissue of the short, as its a collection of miniature shorts within nine minutes, is that Hertzfeldt was hired to create some animated spots and advertisements for The Family Channel but, in the mix of himself going absolutely crazy with sketching and writing, almost losing control, all his proposed segments were rejected. Rejected shows all the spots/advertisements, with the last couple minutes of the short showing Hertzfeldt's complete spiral into insanity as all the animated figures are thrown into chaos by crumpling paper and the entire destruction of their world.Rejected is a zealous little gem, colorful and vibrant despite being so minimalist, and its traditionally-animated style proves that one can still captivate even when they resort to the bare basics. Hertzfeldt's craft is the kind that, even when stripped back many layers and nowhere near as expensive and detailed as larger, more mainstream projects.Directed by: Don Hertzfeldt.

This film was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2001--losing to the extremely sentimental (think 'boring') FATHER AND DAUGHTER. While I personally preferred the extremely dark THE PERIWIG-MAKER, REJECTED was my second favorite of the nominated films.I have learned that although I liked REJECTED, it has a major cult following and it's thought of as a work of genius. While I certainly wouldn't go that far and am not ready to become a card-carrying Hertzfeldt cult member, I certainly enjoyed the film--that is once the film got going. In the beginning, a bunch of supposedly rejected promotional films for the Family Network were shown and I wasn't all that impressed. They were bad but nothing memorable. However, I am glad I resisted my urge to stop watching the film. The next batch of supposedly rejected films were much, much sicker--in other words, they were so disgusting and violent that they had me laughing out loud. And I am not talking about a little laugh, but a huge one. Because the characters were little more than stick figures, the utterly bloody and gross promos really hit home. Later, the film changes and becomes much more disorganized and crazy--supposedly mirroring the author's disintegrating mental state! The film, though awfully simple artistically, was a hoot--funny and original. I liked it so much, I made my daughter watch it. Give it a look.By the way, I can probably safely assume that the phrase "my anus is bleeding" probably occurred in no Oscar nominated film before or since!

Rejected is Don Hertzfeld's masterpiece. It's semi-autobiographical and insane, the perfect cartoon, I haven't seen anything this great since Bambi Meets Godzilla. The film starts off with a message of "The Family Learning Channel" about Dons' work being rejected by the FLC, which may be representing Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. The animations feature a BOY WITH A LARGE SPOON and a banana, did I mention a banana? Oh yeah, I did. It also features two stick men saying very odd things, and the satire of products these days. As the animation gets more surreal and insane, the cartoons begin to fall apart...and I shouldn't spoil it for you, you must find out yourself to see what happened to Don Hertzfeld's animated creations.