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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary Claudia (Ximena Ayala), a product demonstrator in her twenties, meets ailing matriarch Martha (Lisa Owen) in a hospital room after Claudia is admitted for appendicitis. The women bond over a bag of potato chips passed between their beds. Martha has four kids from three different fathers; Claudia has been on her own her entire life. When ...

Directed By: Claudia Sainte-Luce

Written By: Claudia Sainte-Luce

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m

The Amazing Catfish

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Claudia (Ximena Ayala), a product demonstrator in her twenties, meets ailing matriarch Martha (Lisa Owen) in a hospital room after Claudia is admitted for appendicitis. The women bond over a bag of potato chips passed between their beds. Martha has four kids from three different fathers; Claudia has been on her own her entire life. When ...

Directed By: Claudia Sainte-Luce

Written By: Claudia Sainte-Luce

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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90
Jun 19, 2014
Grainily shot but radiating life, The Amazing Catfish is an enormously affecting portrait of a family in crisis that dares to hope.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 12, 2014
If there’s a certain depth missing in The Amazing Catfish, the film brings forth the small-scale pleasures and poignancy of an ambling short story.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 10, 2014
Claudia Sainte-Luce's semi-autobiographical indie has a knack for subverting stereotypes without making a big deal about it.
By Heather Baysa FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 10, 2014
The familiar premise is done with enough intelligence and heartfelt conviction that it rises above its potentially cliché trappings.
By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 12, 2014
What keeps The Amazing Catfish from greatness despite the evident skill at every level of its production—the editing is sharp, and the actors are all excellent, especially the children—is the sense that Sainte-Luce is luxuriating in quirkiness for its own sake.
By Adam Nayman FULL REVIEW

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7.1
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Production Company Canibal Networks, Cine Canibal, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE), Good Lap Production, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Jaqueca Films
Release Date Jun 13, 2014
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.bitters.co.jp/kotoduke/
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Gijón International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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