Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

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Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

2025

1h 27m

Drama

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The lives of a girl learning to sail, a boy fighting for first chair, two sisters and a fisherman intertwine in a small town.

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Critics Consensus

Sierra Falconer's serene coming of age anthology feature debut packs in more sublime hits than overwrought misses.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

02/06/2025

"Sunfish” unspools like a low-key vacation, serving up slender vignettes more than proper ”stories.” That said, it’s much trickier for a new director to establish atmosphere and tone, and Falconer excels in that department.

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

01/30/2025

B

A collection of wistfully effervescent vignettes that resists the usual highs and lows of its format by drawing a gentle power from the stillness of the water that runs through it.

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Angie Han

The Hollywood Reporter

01/28/2025

Once it’s over, you’ll resume your normal life to find not much has changed. For those 87 minutes, though, it’s just nice to get to drop in on its world.

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

Apr 2

Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is a love letter to a place and a season, and how they affect us all in different, beautiful ways.

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Nov 21

3/5

These modest, uncynical tales make space for compassion—occasionally moving, never manipulative.

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Rob Thomas

Not That Rob Thomas (Substack)

Nov 4

3.5/4

Watching “Sunfish” does feel like a weekend up at the lake, enchanting and rejuvenating.

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Laurence T.

@LVGMT Jun 12

Sensitive and warm and captures the life of summer on a lake authentically. (And live any movie that starts with a loon!)

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Vincent S.

@Vin_E_At_The_Movies Nov 12

This is a small, charming and easy on the soul, independent drama and each story is compelling. A nice family movie, rate these days.

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Neil L

@RT75447544 Sep 26

The stories started and were left for us to finish.

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Synopsis

The lives of a girl learning to sail, a boy fighting for first chair, two sisters and a fisherman intertwine in a small town.

Director: Sierra Falconer
Producer: Sierra Falconer, Grant Ellison
Screenwriter: Sierra Falconer
Distributor: The Future of Film is Female
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 27m