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Treading Water (2013 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Treading Water' (also titled 'The Boy Who Smells Like Fish') is a 2013 Mexican-Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor and starring Douglas Smith and Zo Kravitz. It is Cal y Mayor's feature directorial debut.
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.
Reception
The film has a 40 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.
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, its as if the film were conceived from blindly throwing disparate elements at the wall."
Sheila O'Malley of 'RogerEbert.com' awarded the film two and a half stars.
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."
References
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