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      Little Fish

      R 2005 1 hr. 53 min. Drama List
      90% 29 Reviews Tomatometer 57% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Peacock Stream Now

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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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      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 Audience Member Cate Blanchett once again proves her superior acting abilities in this rather uneven drama directed by Rowan Woods. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Little Fish is a film I praised upon first seeing it but in hindsight, perhaps it only reflects the dearth of great Australian movies in the early 2000s. Credit where it is due, the cast are outstanding (particularly Hugo Weaving as the junkee ex-AFL star who will do anything for a hit- just ask Sam Neill's character!) and Cate Blanchett- who's character wants to reform herself but is struggling with addiction. Noni Hazlehurst is also terrrific as her suffering mother. Despite these very strong elements, the story is relentlessly depressing and gritty and scarcely a splinter of light ever makes it through the curtain of this domestic junkee drama- the intensity of the performances can be very draining because of this. Perhaps the girls choir who sing the Cold Chisel classic 'Flame Trees' at the end should not have ommited the line "Who needs this sentimental bullshit anyway?..." Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Little Fish is a film I praised upon first seeing it but in hindsight, perhaps it only reflects the dearth of great Australian movies in the early 2000s. Credit where it is due, the cast are outstanding (particularly Hugo Weaving as the junkee ex-AFL star who will do anything for a hit- just ask Sam Neill's character!) and Cate Blanchett- who's character wants to reform herself but is struggling with addiction. Noni Hazlehurst is also terrrific as her suffering mother. Despite these very strong elements, the story is relentlessly depressing and gritty and scarcely a splinter of light ever makes it through the curtain of this domestic junkee drama- the intensity of the performances can be very draining because of this. Perhaps the girls choir who sing the Cold Chisel classic 'Flame Trees' at the end should not have ommited the line "Who needs this sentimental bullshit anyway?..." Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review farah r I loved Cate Blanchett in this movie. She did a phenomenal job portraying a drug addict, which is to say the least one of her many other fantastic roles. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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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      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
      Executive Producer
      Robert Mullis, Barrie M. Osborne, Kirk D'Amico, Marion Pilowsky
      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
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital
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