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Little Fish

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Little Fish, the fourth feature film from director Chad Hartigan, is a romance set in a near-future Seattle teetering on the brink of calamity. Starring Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Soko and Raul Castillo, the film opens in the midst of a global epidemic: Neuroinflammatory Affliction, a sever and rapid Alzheimer's-like condition in which people's memories disappear. Couple Jude Williams and Emma Ryerson are grappling with the realities of NIA, interspersed with glimpses from the past as the two meet and their relationship blooms. But as NIA's grip on society tightens, blurring the lines between the past and the present, it becomes more and more difficult to know what's true and what's false.
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Tough but stirring, Little Fish uses one couple's pandemic love story to illustrate the strength of human connection in trying times.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian O'Connell - a very good actor of whom I feel I haven't seen enough recently - is tender and sympathetic as Jude, and Cooke is similarly intelligent and gentle as Emma. Rated: 3/5 May 5, 2021 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Cooke is marvelous. She carries this movie through all of its various ups and downs with magnetic grace. Rated: 3/4 Feb 11, 2021 Full Review Mary Sollosi Entertainment Weekly Maybe that's the greatest surprise of the movie, after all: Obsessed though it is with the past, throughout its whole runtime, the best part always lies ahead. Rated: B Feb 8, 2021 Full Review Paul Emmanuel Enicola The Movie Buff As a timely metaphor for a relationship breaking down under a global pandemic no one knows how to overcome, this film encapsulates the frustration and persistence to maintain human connection once it starts slipping away. Rated: A- Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Rebecca Johnson Film Focus Online Director Chad Hartigan has paid attention to the small details, allowing beautiful cinematography and a calming score to shine through to create an effective and powerful experience. Rated: 4/5 Aug 6, 2023 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome Little Fish's message that humans are best when they are in love is timeless. Our greatest treasure is sharing moments with people we care about, whose loss would break us. We hold onto those for dear life. Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Al J Sad and original. Alzheimer is probably the worst illness of the world, besides cancer. So when this disease become a virus or something that spreads and attack young people is bad news, really bad news. The movie focuses in the perspective of a young married couple and the implications of forgetting your loved one, and it's painful, very painful. Well directed, well acted, and the final line schocks you. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Bahad j This idea of ​​the film shooting technique director made the film more attractive to people. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/13/24 Full Review Sam G A touching and well-told story. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/07/24 Full Review Melissa L So poignant, excellently acted, but a sad ending. I recommend it, though. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Audience Member One of the best movies I’ve seen. It was so moving and well done. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/17/23 Full Review Ari V Well-nuanced, touching and eerily prophetic. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Little Fish, the fourth feature film from director Chad Hartigan, is a romance set in a near-future Seattle teetering on the brink of calamity. Starring Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Soko and Raul Castillo, the film opens in the midst of a global epidemic: Neuroinflammatory Affliction, a sever and rapid Alzheimer's-like condition in which people's memories disappear. Couple Jude Williams and Emma Ryerson are grappling with the realities of NIA, interspersed with glimpses from the past as the two meet and their relationship blooms. But as NIA's grip on society tightens, blurring the lines between the past and the present, it becomes more and more difficult to know what's true and what's false.
Director
Chad Hartigan
Producer
Tim Headington, Mattson Tomlin, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Rian Cahill, Lia Buman, Chris Ferguson
Screenwriter
Mattson Tomlin
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Black Bear Pictures, Automatik Entertainment, Tango Entertainment, Oddfellows Entertainment
Genre
Romance, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 5, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 5, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$39.0K
Runtime
1h 41m
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