Review of Little Fish (2005) by Moni K — 30 Jan 2011

This movie is about failed ambition,.

On the side of its direction.

If you aspire to be a feature film director, you.

Have to be able to give your interpretation of a.

Script from beginning to end, scene by scene,.

Character by character,.

It is not enough to sprinkle into the movie.

Some appearances of levels of "deeper" meanings.

The script, of course, is pretentious, but not so.

Bad, you could not have come up with one or two,.

In itself convincing scenes, mother, brother,.

Father, lover these relations, they exist merely.

On paper, not on screen.

Homosexuality, drug addiction, drug trafficking,.

Interracial relationships and, of course, the.

Inhumane, brutal demands made upon us by society,.

Our families that make it a near impossibility to.

Lead a "normal", satisfying life, are the.

Buzzwords lovingly, lavishly "sprayed" on screen in a.

Critics friendly non-linear storyline.

It all comes down to the final scene of the movie,.

Where in the "delusional" mind of its director and.

Well-minded critics, finally all falls into its.

Place, while, actuallly, obviously everything.

Falls apart, when Cate Blanchett "happily" hops.

Into the sea.

And this, I think, will be this movie's legacy,.

A top ranking in a list of "Pseudo-closure art.

Films".