Swim Little Fish Swim
Under The Milky Way | Release Date: September 19, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireEric KohnSep 18, 2014
This admittedly uneven first feature stands out for the way it sneaks up on you. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineNick PriggeSep 15, 2014
It subtly counteracts the cliché that creative expression can save your life by making its protagonist a hipster Peter Pan whose creative expression is an excuse not to grow up. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 19, 2014
This low-key indie drama has enough well observed, insightful moments to compensate for its occasional lapses into forced quirkiness. Read full review
70
The DissolveSheila O’MalleySep 17, 2014
There are small moments that shiver with chaos and uncontrollable emotion in Swim Little Fish Swim. Read full review
68
Film.comCalum MarshAug 18, 2014
What ultimately holds the film back, I believe, is its tendency to err too far on the side of that sweetness — it indulges too often in the hallmarks of the mediocre indie, the stuff a press release might call quirk, to level its more substantial points with real seriousness. Read full review
50
VarietyJay WeissbergSep 19, 2014
[A] slight, predictable debut. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSep 25, 2014
An art-versus-commerce drama that consists of one beautifully aching performance surrounded by a whole lotta twee. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSam WeisbergSep 16, 2014
The performances often enliven the stale material... But the script's naïveté is galling. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 18, 2014
Mumbly dialogue, relentlessly jittery camerawork, a star who is also co-director and co-writer: Yes, it’s time for another movie that mistakes the claustrophobic world of young New York artsy types for something interesting. Read full review
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