| Treading Water | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Analeine Cal y Mayor |
| Written by | Alaleine Cal y Mayor Javier Gullón |
| Produced by | Niv Fichman Stacy Perskie |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gregory Middleton |
| Edited by | Óscar Figueroa |
| Music by | Benoît Charest |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | The Orchard Alliance Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes[2] 92 minutes[3][1] |
| Countries | Canada Mexico |
| Language | English[2] |
Treading Water (also titled The Boy Who Smells Like Fish)[3] is a 2013 Mexican-Canadian[1][2] comedy-drama film directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor and starring Douglas Smith and Zoë Kravitz. It is Cal y Mayor's feature directorial debut.[3]
Cast
- Douglas Smith as Mica
- Zoe Kravitz as Laura
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Catherine
- Ariadna Gil as Sophie
- Gonzalo Vega as Guillermo Garibai
- Don McKellar as Richard
Release
The film premiered at the Miami International Film Festival in March 2013.[1]
Reception
The film has a 40 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.[4]
Nick Schager of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Emitting the unpleasant stench of over-affectation, Treading Water slaps together its particular peculiarities with such randomness, it’s as if the film were conceived from blindly throwing disparate elements at the wall."[2]
Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two and a half stars.[5]
Mark Adams of Screen Daily gave the film a positive review, calling it "a gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism."[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Adams, Mark (March 6, 2013). "The Boy Who Smells Like Fish". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Schager, Nick (March 12, 2015). "Film Review: 'Treading Water'". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c THR Staff (March 12, 2015). "'Treading Water': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Treading Water". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ O'Malley, Sheila (March 13, 2015). "Treading Water". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
External links
- Treading Water at IMDb
- Treading Water at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Boy Who Smells Like Fish at Library and Archives Canada
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