Review of Year of the Fish (2007) by Marvin H — 19 Aug 2008
The story itself is told fairly well, and with a couple of interestign dark-fantasy touches (think 90% Cinderella and 20% Pan's Labyrinth)... but the animation made it pretty unbearable; there's no real purpose for it to be there and is only used creatively in transitions and the occassional moment - there's also no money to really make it as expressive like when Linklater does it.
If there had been no rotoscoping it would just be a charming little low-budget NY indie flick, but as it stands it becomes ingratiating almost in spite of its better tendencies.
This review of Year of the Fish (2007) was written by Marvin H on 19 Aug 2008.
Year of the Fish has generally received mixed reviews.
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