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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Under The Milky Way
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Under The Milky Way
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Leeward (Dustin Guy Defa) and Mary (Brooke Bloom) cannot even agree on their three year old daughter’s name anymore. Mary is a hardworking nurse who dreams of only one thing—changing her life. She resents her husband for being an irresponsible, overgrown adolescent incapable of holding down a job. Leeward is an atypical, idealistic music...

Directed By: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis

Written By: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Under The Milky Way
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Under The Milky Way
  • 1 h 35 m

Swim Little Fish Swim

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Leeward (Dustin Guy Defa) and Mary (Brooke Bloom) cannot even agree on their three year old daughter’s name anymore. Mary is a hardworking nurse who dreams of only one thing—changing her life. She resents her husband for being an irresponsible, overgrown adolescent incapable of holding down a job. Leeward is an atypical, idealistic music...

Directed By: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis

Written By: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
54
56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
54
56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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83
Sep 18, 2014
This admittedly uneven first feature stands out for the way it sneaks up on you.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 15, 2014
It subtly counteracts the cliché that creative expression can save your life by making its protagonist a hipster Peter Pan whose creative expression is an excuse not to grow up.
By Nick Prigge FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 17, 2014
There are small moments that shiver with chaos and uncontrollable emotion in Swim Little Fish Swim.
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68
Aug 18, 2014
What ultimately holds the film back, I believe, is its tendency to err too far on the side of that sweetness — it indulges too often in the hallmarks of the mediocre indie, the stuff a press release might call quirk, to level its more substantial points with real seriousness.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 19, 2014
[A] slight, predictable debut.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 16, 2014
The performances often enliven the stale material... But the script's naïveté is galling.
By Sam Weisberg FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 18, 2014
Mumbly dialogue, relentlessly jittery camerawork, a star who is also co-director and co-writer: Yes, it’s time for another movie that mistakes the claustrophobic world of young New York artsy types for something interesting.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films de la Fusée, PaperMoon Films, La Région Île-de-France, Inspired Ant Production, Purple Noon
Release Date Sep 19, 2014
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/SwimLittleFishSwim?ref=hl
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Awards

Gen Art Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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