Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Red_Identity A solid Australian drama that is filled with some good performances from a very talented cast. Blanchett stands at the very top, of course, having the meatiest character in the film and doing great stuff (reminds me a lot of her work in Notes on a Scandal, in just its sheer desperation). The film perhaps does a pretty repetitive job of sort of highlighting its themes, but its still rather effective. It's nice to see Hugo Weaving in a role that's nor The Lord of the Rings (but rather, that's sort of my own fault). Overall, I don't think this is great, but it's definitely a good watch. It's grim, well-paced, gritty while never being too hard-to-watch, and ultimately, recommended definitely.

Scottles I found Little Fish way too slow and even turgid, it has a ponderousness which is at times nice, but frequently boring. The big problem is most of the dramatic action that is effecting the characters has already happened years before the film takes place, and at times when the various characters have intense moments about these long gone events it just makes the acting seem melodramatic because we haven't seen or felt the events they are talking about. In fact the whole piece comes across as a third act in a much larger story, and if we'd seen these original events the characters and their actions would seem much more natural.Unlike Animal Kingdom which has similar pacing but which only grows in intensity as the characters unravel because of things they are doing now, the pacing here just slows everything and waters down what interesting content there is. It's alright for the theme to be looking at people struggling with their lives after these big events, except there was way too much of them struggling with these past events rather than their lives now - all of the emotional and narrative action is centred around things we haven't seen and which aren't really explained clearly either.Hugo Weaving is brilliant and the film is worth seeing just for his performance alone. There was something about Cate Blanchett's performance I didn't like - it seemed just a bit too much of a one note take on her - there was lots of hair flicking and annoyance - but the character wasn't infused with any kind of nobility as she tried to overcome the effects of her past wrongs - that would have made for a much more engaging performance and given us some empathy for her. But then again maybe she really did hit the nail on the head because if she's selfish enough to become a drug addict in the first place there's no reason why some of those character traits wouldn't have carried over afterwards as well.Maybe as film maker myself I find it frustrating that a film that is clearly not ready to be made simply because of the script, can get made with a good budget and a good cast. The photography and music were very nice though.

Bigbang Another indie movie where the dialogue stinks. Nobody speaks in clear, understandable sentences. Everything is vague, ambiguous and one-word. So your task in every scene is to figure out what the hell is going on. It's like a job. Instead of being entertained you're working. Indie movies think this dialogue is realistic, but it isn't. This isn't how people talk. People speak clearly and make sure you understand what they're talking about. I know people are miserable but wow these people are just hopeless. I didn't even like Cate in this and I usually love her.I'm also tired of movies about drug addicts. It's so 80s and early 90s. Don't get me wrong...

davek28 I watched this on DVD and my finger was hovering over the Fast Forward button through most of the film. I managed to resist until the last twenty minutes and discovered that I understood about as much of it in fast forward as I did at normal speed -- nothing at all. It appears to be about some druggy people in a Chinatown area of Sydney, Australia. It's all very depressing, without really knowing why. It's a cliché, I know, but there are better ways to spend your time than watching this movie -- washing dishes or doing the ironing spring to mind.Despite having some top rate Australian talent in it (Sam Neill, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving) it starts nowhere and stays there right till the end. It didn't help that I didn't understand a lot of the dialogue and there were no subtitles to help me. This despite the fact that I lived in Sydney for a while, so it must be because a lot of the dialogue is muttered unintelligibly.I'd have ticked the spoiler box for this comment if I thought I'd understood what was happening enough to relay it to others. Sadly, I don't really know what happened to anybody at the end (bar one).My advice is to give it a miss. It's very frustrating, which is worse than boring.