"The Note"

9 December 2023

10 mins 05s

He's just a boy who can't say 'yes'.

In the second of Coca-Cola's special films for Christmas, Colm Meaney plays a fella known in his village as 'the no man' because 'no' is literally the only word he has ever heard to say. The film will reward your undivided attention if you stay with it through the lengthy setup... because, the payoff is as sweet as the advertised drink.

Like its companion film, this is built around the idea that the world needs more Santas. In this case, the curmudgeonly protagonist is jolted out of a grief-stricken malaise by an opportunity provided by a note in a bottle long ago cast into the sea. The Wallace and Gromit-style sequence where he is crafting an unknown solution to an unknown problem drags on a bit but stay with it... it's worth it.

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