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  • Starring: James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave
  • Summary: Stumbling over the obstacles they've each created in their imaginary lives, an unlikely pair finds love and fulfillment in a reality that finally transcends their fantasies. (American Sterling Productions)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Merle Bertrand
    80
    Romantic comedies have become something of a tired staple in indie filmmaking, these days. Yet, odd as it may seem, it's the unlikely interracial geriatric chops on display in The Annihilation of Fish that breathe new life into the genre.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    70
    The love that grows between Fish and Poinsettia could have turned treacly in the wrong hands, but director Charles Burnett -- has the direct observational style of the silent masters.
  3. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Andy Klein
    30
    An amusing trifle. There are few comic staples less convincing or more timeworn than charming lunatics in love, and the only thing that lifts this film beyond TV-movie quality is Jones' performance.

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  1. tsb610
    9
    I think this is a wonderful, touching film. Yes, like many of Charles Burnett's films, it was a low budget, independently financed film, but it does not feel low budget in any way. The acting is superb and the technical aspects (photography, sound, etc.) are great. It is shame that this film has not been able to be seen by more people. Shame on Todd McCarthy for his mean, misguided review after its first screening.… Expand
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