Swim Little Fish Swim (2014)

Art can inspire in a lot of ways but it is also a cruel world where success is very uncertain, doubt always present and misunderstanding often at the corner. This well-directed indie gem shows all of that with an inherent talent and sincerity. Refreshing, this movie will inspire everyone that had once been in between his crazy dreams and the sometimes harsh reality. All that with a very light tone that will make you feel real good. For a first film I found it really remarkable and I hope it will have a great success when released in theaters in the US. Definitely worth watching it again. Run in theaters or for any format you like when you have the chance.

I saw Swim Little Fish Swim at Créteil Film Festival last Tuesday. This is, for now, one of my favorite film or the year! This is a really cool, refreshing, exotic, funny and entertaining movie. The actors performances are always true and the whole movie is very realistic(which is increasingly rare in French films) The pace is well thought out, the scenario well-crafted and the visual style is beautiful, which is rare in low-budget films. But what impressed me the most are the music/soundtrack (the main character is a musician), very original and funny. I look forward to the release to watch it with my mother (64 years old) and my son (14 years) because it is a film multi-generational in many ways!

A wonderful film that I saw at a film festival in Créteil in France! I had been hearing of it for a while and really wanted to see it but it's even better than what I expected from the trailer! I recommend anyone to go see it as soon as possible! I've been very impressed by the acting!!! Especially the little girl!New York is really well shown and the music is great! It made me think of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE in a way! It made me laugh and cry at the same time and I'm still thinking of it several days after... it's a funny, clever and original movie! Go see it, you won't regret it!

I saw Swim Little Fish Swim in a local festival. When I first looked at the rating on IMDb, it was 8.1 or something with 37 votes. I've decided that basically consisted of the actors and crew (with some of the crew perhaps abstaining since they have some integrity or taste).And why would a film that played Rotterdam have so few votes anyway? Don't misunderstand me. SLFS has its moments. Some of its satire of the New York arts scene is dead on. There's some interesting music. The acting (at least on the part of the 3-person family at center)is not bad. But most of the movie is, well, self-indulgent twaddle. As Variety correctly notes, there's "a certain tweeness" about this picture. The word "cloying" also comes up in the review. One Krispy Kreme donut may be a pleasure. Eating an entire box of them by yourself will make you sick. This film has the same effect and it lasts longer. I kept wanting to leave, but I stuck it out on cinephile principle. And it was painful. Hipster whimsy is one thing. Hipster whimsy with sprinkles and a sparkler on top is something else. I have a feeling that much of the twaddle and self-indulgence can be laid at the feet of Lola Bessis, who decided to cast herself as irritating gamine extraordinaire and had her SO, Ruben Amar, shoot her oh so lovingly and shoot the only mature character in the film, Mary, like a wizened shrew. S'il vous plait Lola, come on.