I finished off the four Wes Anderson shorts on Netflix that adapted stories from Roald Dahl tonight with Poison, a short that was both funny and ridiculously intense.

Benedict Cumberbatch played Harry, a British man in India who had a poisonous snake slither onto his chest and go to sleep as he laid on his bed. Woods, played and narrated by Dev Patel, rushed for help from Doctor Ganderbai, played by Ben Kingsley, while Harry tried to stay completely still and quiet.

This was beautifully played by the three main actors in the short. Their interactions and reactions to the situation was glorious. There were several times that I laughed out loud, even though I had that same feeling of trying not to make any noise.

However, the end of the short left a bit to be desired by me. I don’t want to spoil it, but to say that the ending was not what I would have wanted is clear.

In fact, before the end of the short, I would have placed this at the top of the list of the four Wes Anderson shorts released on Netflix, but with the conclusion of Poison, I found that lacking.

This was a cool experiment with the four shorts released on the streamer. These were all very entertaining and great to watch.

4 stars