Angelfish

Name: Angelfish
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: November 22, 2019
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Alejandra Ramos Riera, Claire McClanahan, Erin Davie, Jimi Stanton, Kaelyn Ambert-Gonzalez

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Dark Star Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 2019

Starring: Alejandra Ramos Riera, Claire McClanahan, Erin Davie, Jimi Stanton, Kaelyn Ambert-Gonzalez, Princess Nokia, Rosie Berrido, Sandy Tejada, Sebastian Chacon, Stanley Simons

Summary: Summer in the Bronx, 1993. Brendan (Jimi Stanton) is a troubled but hard-working high school drop-out with a manipulative mother and a brother on the verge of self-destruction. Eva (Princess Nokia) is a bright, young woman about to start college in the fall, but with the pressure to make her family proud clashing with her own secret hopesSummer in the Bronx, 1993. Brendan (Jimi Stanton) is a troubled but hard-working high school drop-out with a manipulative mother and a brother on the verge of self-destruction. Eva (Princess Nokia) is a bright, young woman about to start college in the fall, but with the pressure to make her family proud clashing with her own secret hopes and dreams for the future. Sparks fly when the two meet, and their respective worlds collide. As the young couple’s
relationship develops, their home lives and dreams for the future threaten to tear their new
and fragile love apart.… Expand

Director: Peter Andrew Lee

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Runtime: 96 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Apr 21, 2020

Angelfish is seriously undemanding, but benefits from novel settings (few New York movies are set in Marble Hill/Kings Bridge) and a period piece story that strips away the artifice and distraction that love in the age of cell phones promises. Back in ’93, you had to use a pay phone when you wanted privacy, had to write somebody’s number down and had to wait in the apartment if you were expecting a call...That's true love. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Nov 15, 2019

This easy-to-take film’s pleasures, then, lie chiefly in its relaxed evocation of place and time. Set in 1993, though it could just as easily work in a contemporary setting, Angelfish wisely doesn’t go all in on period kitsch, though music and costuming are both deployed to evoke a pre-internet, arguably gentler era of youth. Read full review

Noel Murray

Nov 21, 2019

Lee coaxes moving performances from a young cast, and he beautifully captures the cultural nuances of the Bronx neighborhoods where his story is set. But he has a tough time finding much new to say with this tale of star-crossed lovers. Read full review

Beandrea July

Nov 15, 2019

Lee’s film plays it disappointingly safe, never deviating from romantic comedy conventions; there are no real surprises that you can’t already see coming. Read full review

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