Coin Operated - Animated Short Film

Anyone else notice how in the last frame when the ship is flying over the clouds that he's a kid again?

His mom just ditches him lol

Bro really stood there for 60+ years with his eyes opened, what a legend.

Worthy of the winning award movie title, it was one of the great 5 minutes in my life. The man worked hard, he dreamt big and he achieved his dream. In my opinion, the film is not a moral lesson about working hard or money’s power, but the importance of having a goal/dream in our life, the one that motivate us to move forward, to live another day, and to pursue our own happiness. By the way, his disappointed face when he first tried the rocket spring rider was priceless, such a pure innocent look (and a little cute) when he found out the reality does not like his expectation, we all have been there, right:)?. That’s all for my amateur critics, peace.

When we're kids, We dream of growing up and reaching the stars, but in the end, we spend our whole lives working, wishing for one chance to be a kid again.

And that kids, is how the Apollo mission really happened

As a 20 year veteran of hand-drawn animation with the various greats in the industry I know my onions and this is a masterful bit of story telling thanks to Nicholas & 2 Ghosts.

i'm a senior year screenwriting student whos feeling very, very burnt-out and impassionate about screenwriting. however, i was reminded of this short that i saw at the pittsburgh shorts festival in 2018. it made me emotional and inspired then, and it just reminded me why i love to make movies now.

I love how his last ride still brought the kid out of him... a lifetime later

The price of lemons never increased.

For those who take it literally, this is a metaphor of our life, how we spend some time in our childhood bored, and ending up wanting to go back there in the end.

I imagine he died of disappointment when the ride doesn't go to the moon. But when he dies (while sitting in the ride) his young soul travels to the moon.

i think it’s sad how people have to work there whole life just for one dream and never achieve it

I think that the old man is really blasting off to heaven Just my theory

every child has big dreams and they want to realize them, some of them realize them, others live and become their dreams without realizing them, but the main thing is that you should keep working for your dreams, no matter what this short film tells

And his mom never came out out of that grocery store again..

While he was selling lemonade I thought he was saving for a science degree so he could actually go to space D:

when the rocket launched i got instant goosebumps...such a powerful animated film

Definitely the most heartwarming animation I've ever seen. Well done!

Hmmm, that ending in the clouds and him as a kid... he went to heaven alright.