Little Fish
by Rowan Woods
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Actor: Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Martin Henderson, Noni Hazlehurst, Sam NeillDirector: Rowan Woods
Brand: First Look Pictures
Producer: Barrie M. Osborne
Producer: Kirk D'Amico
Producer: Liz Watts
Producer: Marion Pilowsky
Producer: Richard Keddie
Producer: Robert Mullis
Writer: Jacquelin Perske
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Vietnamese (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-11
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: First Look Pictures
DVD Reviews of Little Fish
DVD Review: Life and Death in Western Sydney
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of the few Cate's Aussie production since she shot to fame after the reign of Elizabeth. The production has a solid cast with Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Martin Henderson together with a great local cast including Noni Hazzlehurst, Sam Neil and Susie Potter.
The story set in the Vietnamese area of Cabramatta in western Sydney, an area most well know about the gangsters and unique Vietnamese culture. Cate plays a heroin addict turned video shop manager who tried to go up the rank by partnering with her boss to extend the shop's business. However, it is because of her will to live a new life that brought back the pass to haunt her even more. Her family is dysfunctional, largely due to the introduction of heroine into the family by the veteran addict and ex rugby league star (come on it's Australian, so rugby league is an obvious choice) played by Hugo Weaving. Because of him, Cate was addicted and needed to go through a tedious home cleansing procedure to rid of her addiction, and her mother was her key to suuccess. Because of Hugo, Cate's brother played by Martin Henderson lost his feet in a car crash because he was high with his friend and Cate's ex-boyfriend Justin Ngyun (of 21 Jump Steet). There is no doubt that Hugo loves Cate and Noni, but Noni could never forgive Hugo's doing in the past. To make it more complicated, Hugo was involved in a same sex relationship with his ex-manager played by Sam Neil. The relationships among this bunch of people just tangled on in the movie.
Little Fish literally means the fish shaped soya sauce containers used for hold drugs in the movie. However, the plot was far from simple. The whole production is very heavy and reminds you about movies like 21 Grams and Requiem of a Dream, but with a strong Australian touch. The setting in Cabramatta actually gave the movie a strong sense of presence and made the characters more believable. However, the pace of the movie, as with most Australian movies were very dragging at certain parts and the lack of strong motives for certain characters actually undermined the movie alot.
Performance-wise, Cate's did a great job but there were no surprises because it's now expected for her to do a good job. But she did shed all her glamour and put on a good show for the movie. In fact as the character that tied every other characters in the movie together, she is great and provided the necessary beats for the movie. Hugo Weaving and Noni Hazzlehurst are easily the two other cast members who outshines everyone in the movie. This is mostly due to they got some of the best roles. Hugo is very believable in his performance although sometimes you couldn't figure out why he is an ex-rugby star for his built. Noni Hazzlehurst is great and all the scenes between her and Cate are the reasons for you to hang on to the movie because you do care about the development of their mother-daughter relationship. Martin Henderson and Justin Ngyun didn't really shine mostly because of the lack of depth in their character. Martin put down his pretty face for more serious role but he role itself doesn't have enough weight to initiate a transformation for him. Justin's character was just mediocre.
Without a doubt, Little Fish is one of the better recent Australian productions in the recent years. However, as a production, it still suffers the problem of most Australian movies nowadays - a solid and attention gripping way of story telling, and the indulgence of over the top serious dramatic lines. Without a doubt, with limited budgets for all Australian movies nowadays, there are lots of things that can't be done as their Hollywood counterparts, however, a tight plot with substance is what we need. Crash and Brokeback Mountain didn't really have astronomical budgets but they managed to hit through the heart of the audience because of the story telling, and that's what modern Australian movies need to work hard on. Nonetheless, the saving grace is the movie got a great cast that managed to bring the experience through to the audience. Another recent production Jindabyne is less lucky in all departments. So if you enjoy Australian movie and love Cate, this is a movie that you can watch. You won't be too disappointed but at the same time you won't be excited either. It could be a good Saturday night stay home movie.
Description of Little Fish
After redeeming herself from a troubled past tracy sets a goal of owning her own business. But the return of her ex-boyfriend & the criminal intentions of her brother threaten to tear apart her goals & test her relationship to her mother. Will her dreams be enough to start a new life? Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 05/06/2008 Starring: Cate Blanchett Hugo Weaving Run time: 109 minutesBestsellers in DVD
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