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Little Fish

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Four years clean, video store manager Tracy (Cate Blanchett) lives quietly, avoiding anything that might trigger a heroin relapse. Her ex-boyfriend Jonny (Dustin Nguyen) returns, claiming he is now a drug-free banker, and the two begin seeing each other again. Tracy looks after Lionel (Hugo Weaving), the man who introduced her to the drug. But, Lionel is thrown into a panic when his dealer, Brad (Sam Neill), suddenly retires. Lionel begs Tracy to help him score, testing her shaky sobriety.
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Fueled by powerful work from a strong cast led by Cate Blanchett, Little Fish is a hard-hitting story worth watching -- and a major step forward for director Rowan Woods.

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Philip French Guardian The actors give performances of intense naturalness. Jul 22, 2006 Full Review Patrick Peters Empire Magazine Strong performances and meticulous direction make this consistently disconcerting, but the subplot distracts from the moving human drama. Rated: 3/5 Jul 22, 2006 Full Review Geoff Andrew Time Out It's a sober, sensitive film ... about degrees of dependency, grief, guilt, recrimination and recuperation. Jul 20, 2006 Full Review Murtada Elfadl Sundays with Cate Cate Blanchett like you've never seen before, gritty and stripped down. Both in look and performance. Rated: B+ May 1, 2020 Full Review Keeva Stratton Rescu (Australia) It's an incredible performance [from Cate Blanchett]. Sep 15, 2017 Full Review Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile A superb cast, mostly playing roles against type, make Little Fish a captivating and emotionally involving film, delivered with the flourish of a filmmaker who knows his craft and what to do with it to reach his audience. Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ronald H Unlikeable characters, poor exposition so we don't know what's going on half the time. Quite uninteresting, to the point where I turned it off. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/29/25 Full Review kristopher h Incredibly boring, hard to keep up with cause it’s so slow and poorly descriptive.. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Alain E The best part of this movie is its visual appeal. Excellent cinematography almost expressionistic in character. Colors, angles, illumination make it a visual treat. The story itself plods along. If you expect resolution or a message, look elsewhere. In a way it is analogous to the book Junky of William Burroughs as drug use defines most of these characters. Cate Blanchett is superb, but the rest of the cast is also very good. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review ANITA C I was disappointed as. love Kate Blanchard. She doesn't disappoint in this movie but the Director/producer does. Terrible filming, angles and of course awful characters and the cussing is what you would expect but not good for Sunday watching. I really don't care about these people and that might be the director's intention, but there has to be a reason to continue watching. Perhaps if you are addicted you might want to see what this film has to offer. I think it's a downhill road. Very depressing and I'm sorry I purchased it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/21/24 Full Review Audience Member One of my Favorite Cate performances- at least of of my favorite young cate performances. its so Raw and Wild. all of the actors in this movie made this seem almost like a documentary in ow the filming and storytelling went in this movie. The Dullness in what this movie seemed to started off on leads to a tantalizing story and the feeling that comes when Memories and Visions of what your possible future can have. Love this movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review leonardo j All the actors but Hugo Weaving act in an unnatural way. The movie is extremely slow and flat, without emotion. It's that kind of movie that you watch expecting all the time that something will happen to alter the lack of emotion in it. Boring! The Australian accent was hard to catch as well, at least to me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Rowan Woods

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Cate Blanchett

Tracy Heart

Sam Neill

The Jockey

Hugo Weaving

Lionel Dawson

Martin Henderson

Ray Heart

Noni Hazlehurst

Janelle Heart

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Synopsis Four years clean, video store manager Tracy (Cate Blanchett) lives quietly, avoiding anything that might trigger a heroin relapse. Her ex-boyfriend Jonny (Dustin Nguyen) returns, claiming he is now a drug-free banker, and the two begin seeing each other again. Tracy looks after Lionel (Hugo Weaving), the man who introduced her to the drug. But, Lionel is thrown into a panic when his dealer, Brad (Sam Neill), suddenly retires. Lionel begs Tracy to help him score, testing her shaky sobriety.
Director
Rowan Woods
Producer
Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts, Richard Keddie
Screenwriter
Jacqueline Perske
Production Co
Myriad Pictures, New South Wales Film & Television Office
Rating
R (Drug Content|Brief Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Feb 24, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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