All hyperbole aside, this is one of the most perfect short films I've ever seen. 

The concept is brilliant, and the execution is disarmingly simple and well-suited to the format; scratchy, black and white super-8.

It's an unassuming film, not even slightly pretentious, and it manages to be both bizarre and very personal at the same time.  The theme is universal, but I've never seen a coming-of-age story even remotely like this before.

The fact that the filmmaker's younger brother is the star, the gun is real, and the posse of dark-suited older gentlemen include the filmmakers father, or uncle I think, and his friends, make it even sweeter.

I bet the teddy bear is his real teddy bear, too.