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The Annihilation of Fish

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A woman (Lynn Redgrave) who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man (James Earl Jones) who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank.

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Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 1/5 Jul 6, 2005 Full Review Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press It's a small, graceful movie, and one of the beauties of it is imagining moviegoers tromping into Minneapolis' Parkway Theater to see it and -- for a couple of hours, at least -- forgetting their own feelings of loneliness. Sep 19, 2003 Full Review Merle Bertrand Film Threat Burnett has crafted a poignant, utterly believable film out of the most unlikely of set-ups. Rated: 4/5 Dec 8, 2002 Full Review E! Staff E! Online Stuffed to the gills with kookiness, this Fish tanks. Nov 9, 2001 Full Review F.X. Feeney L.A. Weekly [Burnett] creates a dreamily solid world where in Jones' heroic sweetness can flourish, and Redgrave and Kidder can disappear into their roles with a dazzling, playful intensity. Nov 2, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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kevin w The popular form of love story most usually involves a pair of youngsters, ala Romeo and Juliet. This story simply goes the other way. Both principals are theoretically past it, and furthermore offbeat in the extreme. How can they find each other and then possibly make it work? The lead actors, James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave, are old sure hands and drive into the somewhat stilted material with verve, carrying the piece home. Margot Kidder seems content to be along for the ride. Charming. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman (Lynn Redgrave) who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man (James Earl Jones) who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank.
Director
Charles Burnett
Producer
Paul M. Heller, William Fabrizio, John Remark, Eric Mitchell
Distributor
Regent Entertainment
Production Co
American Sterling Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 2, 2001, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.2K
Runtime
1h 48m