Comedian performs Beaches in four minutes

“In this day and age, who has time to sit down and watch an entire film?” comedian Micah McCain asks in the description of a video in which he reenacts the 1980s film Beaches in less than four minutes. “This is the Cliff Notes version and all you need to see and know about this legendary movie.”

I’m not so sure this video is all you need to see. McCain’s performance may butcher the film more than depict it, but the resulting pieces are certainly entertaining:

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