The Annihilation of Fish

R

Released Jan 1, 2000

1 hr. 48 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

67%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

80%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

Audience Score

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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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

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Charles Burnett

Director

Lynn Redgrave

Poinsettia

James Earl Jones

Fish

Margot Kidder

Mrs. Muldroone

Anthony C. Winkler

Actor

Paul M. Heller

Producer

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Rated: 1/5

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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

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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

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E! Staff

E! Online

Stuffed to the gills with kookiness, this Fish tanks.

Nov 9, 2001

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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

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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
Executive Producer: Kris Dodge
Distributor: Regent Entertainment [us]
Production Co: American Sterling Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 2000, Original
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.2K