Fishing Without Nets

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Fishing Without Nets

R

2014

1h 49m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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Somali pirates search for ships to board.

Kristin Tillotson

Minneapolis Star Tribune

A revealing, moving feature.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 16, 2014

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Stephanie Merry

Washington Post

Hodierne allows space for the tension to build, and the result is almost sickeningly suspenseful.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 9, 2014

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Executed with considerably more polish than the crime at its center, "Fishing Without Nets" turns the hijacking drama into a morally murky contemplation of deprivation and desperation.

Oct 2, 2014

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Charles Mudede

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

What's the problem? There are so many. For example: The film doesn't at all explain how or why the fish population was depleted or where all of the machine guns are coming from...

Sep 6, 2018

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Jordan Raup

The Film Stage

Fishing Without Nets provides a thorough examination at the motives of those involved, particularly the group's internal conflicts.

Rated: B-

Jun 21, 2016

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Matt Patches

Vanity Fair

Do we really need another Somali pirates movie after Paul Greengrass's superb Captain Phillips? Turns out we do, and Cutter Hodierne's directorial debut Fishing Without Nets almost fits the bill.

Jan 9, 2015

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Although the plot significantly differs from Captain Phillips, and is certainly not as compelling or suspenseful, Fishing Without Nets mirrors the American drama quite efficiently; however, it lacks in contextualisation,and oversimplifies its most important and high-potential aspect.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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5/31/15 Amazon Video A Somali Captain Phillips but more intense and more frightening. An up close look at poverty, desperation, family, morality, fear, piracy and how they all come together. Amazingly well acted by Kenyan actors who keep the tenseness real and believable.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Very much enjoyed this movie in its San Francisco premiere. The audience applauded at the end, so I wasn't alone in my perspective. This was an eye-opening view into the desperation of the world of Somalia.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Synopsis

Somali pirates search for ships to board.

Director: Cutter Hodierne
Producer: Ben Freedman, Brian Glazen, Stephanie Pinola, Victor Shapiro, John Hibey, Cutter Hodierne
Screenwriter: Sam Cohan, Cutter Hodierne
Production Co: Vice Films, Think Media Studios
Rating: R (Violence|Brief Sexual Images|Language|Drug Use)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: Somali
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 28, 2014
Runtime: 1h 49m

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