How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)

• Year: 2021
• Released: 14 Jun 2023
• Country: United States
• Adwords: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 7 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15026956/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/how_do_you_measure_a_year
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: N/A
• Genre: Documentary, Short
• Runtime: 29 min
• Writer: N/A
• Director: Jay Rosenblatt
• Cast: Ella Rosenblatt
• Keywords: father daughter relationship, short film,

6.8/10

How Do You Measure a Year? Storyline

From the time she was two years old and until she turned 18, they had a ritual: Dad asked (and filmed), and Ella answered. What do you dream about? What scares you? What do you think about our relationship? This is a little story about growing up and the love between father and daughter.—DocAviv

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How Do You Measure a Year? Movie Reviews

“I want to be a grown up woman when I grow up.”

This was a cute and sometimes funny film of a father (Jay Rosenblatt) interviewing his young daughter Ella on every single birthday of hers from the age of two until she turned seventeen. As one might expect, Ella’s world view as a young child led to some pretty humorous remarks, but as she grew older, I was struck by the maturity of her answers to the same questions her dad asked every year. Most consistent were Ella’s desire to be happy, with a relationship to family and friends as a key component of that goal. Her father also had an unusual question about how his daughter defined power, unclear to a three-year-old, but by the time she was seventeen, Ella recognized knowledge and education as the key to power for herself. Overall, an interesting experiment for a young dad to undertake with his child and stay on track for fifteen years. If you catch this short, take note of the couch; the original was replaced after thirteen years.

This film is a contender for a 2023 Oscar in the category of Best Short Documentaries. I was lucky enough to catch this film along with the other four contenders for this year’s Academy Award at the Paramount Theater in Middletown, New York. If not for this limited showing, I don’t know how else I would have been able to see it. So, Congratulations to the Paramount for making it available to enthusiastic cinema fans like me.

tradition

Greetings again from the darkness. We must admire Jay Rosenblatt’s foresight as a father. It’s a simple idea, yet brilliant in it’s lasting impact. Beginning on his daughter Ella’s second birthday, Mr. Rosenblatt maintained a tradition of videotaping an “interview” with her each year. This tradition, or ritual, continued through her 18th birthday. The result bounces between predictable, stunning, sad, joyful, and touching … all in a condensed 29-minute run time.

To watch the progression of a precocious two-year old and three-year old toddler obsessing over a lollypop and make-up to a poised eighteen-year old on the brink of independence is fascinating. As a parent, we recognize the many stages … some so cute, others so challenging … each to be treasured.

Dad’s questions include: What do you want to do when you grow up? What are you afraid of? What is power? What are dreams? What is most important to you? You get the idea. He wants to document her progression as a person and as a thinker. In addition to the lollypop and desire to wear make-up, Ella’s singing voice develops beautifully as she grows into a 12-year-old who has learned sign language, and a 13-year-old fresh off her Bat Mitzvah. We see her with braces on her teeth, and as a 14-year-old toting the burden of her age. It’s those last couple of years that really give us hope for Ella’s future, and an insight into what the project has meant.

As a teenager, what would you have told your 25-year-old self?

Very cute short

I really enjoyed this short, it is very cute and lovable.

I love the concept of documenting a child’s development through the years and in this one a father gives his daughter the same set of questions for each of her birthdays since she turned 2 up until she turns 18.

Ella is very cute and her answers are very interesting and sometimes very funny.

I know it’s a short but I think it should have been longer with a few more camera angles and with more in-depth questions so that she could give better insights as she gets older.

Overall I enjoyed it and I loved the sweet father-daughter moment at the end.