DISC (2026) – Review and Summary | Tribeca Film Festival

Disc is an unconventional romantic short that raises the bar for men in heterosexual relationships.

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“DISC” Film Details

Movie Summary

It started as a one-night stand at a conference, but rather than leaving the next morning as strangers, the woman must ask for one more act of intimacy from the man she slept with. However, this is nothing sexual or romantic.

Cast and Characters

Woman (Victoria Ratermanis)

Woman (Victoria Ratermanis) in Disc © Obscured Pictures
  • Character Summary: With a lecture starting soon, the woman finds herself reliant on a man she barely knows and has to hope he isn’t squeamish about what she is about to ask.

Man (Jim Cummings)

Man (Jim Cummings) in Disc © Obscured Pictures
  • Character Summary: The man comes off sweet, a touch simple, but also the kind of guy you’d want in your corner. If not in a bathroom with you, trying to help with a difficult situation.

Review and Commentary

Highlight(s)

The Romance [89/100]

Disc is unconventionally romantic. While you expect bodily fluids to be exchanged during a hookup, I can’t imagine it would ever cross someone’s mind that you would be doing something that isn’t hot or freaky after, like tasking out a menstrual disc. Yet, here this man is, who seems to barely know this woman, and may not know too much about the female anatomy, besides how it can produce pleasure or babies, trying to pull out this disc that is stuck in her.

Truly, it makes me think about how they say, you don’t know if someone loves you till they see you at your worst or most vulnerable. Usually, the picture painted is you seeing them sick and vomiting, or needing you to help them wipe because they were injured, just had a baby, and need that level of care. Disc added another example to show that that person, they may just be the one.

The Comedy [88/100]

What makes Disc funny is the juxtaposition of it all. This man isn’t playing it silly, but you can tell he slightly embraces the awkwardness of the situation to show he is a team player. Whether it is washing his hands too long, blowing on them so they aren’t so cold, or a moment that honestly feels like it destigmatizes menstrual blood because of how he acts when it’s clearly on his hands.

In the wrong hands, you can imagine this being like so many other productions where the man is squeamish, freaks out, or acts like a child. Yet, this dude is a man – for real. Even with a woman who is basically a stranger, he did her a solid, and as weird as it was, comical even in some ways, he held her down.

Side Note

How Old Was The Guy?

I have never wanted them to somehow fit in how old someone was so much in my life. For the guy is this mix of youthful enough to justify being naïve but also potentially old enough to make you wonder if he has maybe never had a girlfriend or grew up with sisters? Because, as much as you appreciate what he does for the woman, because he is such an outlier, you’re left with questions.

Overall

Our Rating (88/100): Positive (Worth Seeing) – Recommended

What makes Disc worth seeing and something we have to recommend is that it stands out beyond the situation it places its characters in. From a romantic gesture I never thought of, to the guy not producing the usual reactions you’d expect, yet still finding the funny. This is just well crafted in ways that push you to wonder if the team of Blake Winston Rice and Victoria Ratermanis had more time and money, could they keep this up for 90 minutes or even flesh it out into a series?

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Amari is the founder and head writer of Wherever-I-Look.com and has been reviewing media since 2010. He approaches each production with hope, rooting for every story to succeed, and believes criticism should come from unmet potential, while praise is reserved for work that meets or exceeds expectations.