Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)
The Future of Film is Female | Release Date: September 12, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodJan 31, 2025
It’s hard to recall a movie that leaves you with this feeling of genuine hope. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 12, 2025
It’s one of those movies that reminds us that great drama and comedy can come from the most unexpected, ordinary places. We all have a place like Green Lake. Read full review
83
The Film StageDan MeccaJan 31, 2025
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) captures a bittersweet feeling. That feeling of endings and beginnings, happening at the same time. Read full review
80
Next Best PictureAlex PapaioannouNov 6, 2025
Falconer deftly captures the pain and worry present in such a conundrum. But through her beautiful ode to Green Lake, she reminds her audience and characters that it will be okay. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanJan 31, 2025
If Sunfish is a vacation, it’s the kind that’s less about escaping into a fantasy than about trying on a different reality: learning your way around the terrain, getting to know the locals, falling into their everyday rhythms. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 31, 2025
The true revelation lies in the whole, in the gathering sense that life is full of change and that nothing ever really resolves itself. That might also be why this particular anthology works so well, and also why it lingers afterwards. Read full review
75
Original-CinLiz BraunOct 29, 2025
Falconer allows viewers a glimpse into the ordinary lives of richly developed characters in Sunfish. The filmmaker presents their stories in an understated and unhurried fashion, showing lives led against a bittersweet, end-of-summer landscape that is tinged with nostalgia. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJan 31, 2025
A collection of wistfully effervescent vignettes that resists the usual highs and lows of its format by drawing a gentle power from the stillness of the water that runs through it. Read full review
70
ColliderTaylor GatesJan 31, 2025
Much like the setting it depicts, Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is a quiet little gem with much more to it for people willing to take the time to look beneath the surface. Read full review
67
ConsequenceMary SirokyJan 31, 2025
Sunfish is visually rich in the way that manifests when a filmmaker genuinely loves their subject or setting, and Falconer's Michigan roots are on full display throughout, and it left me truly excited to see what this young talent does next. Read full review
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