Go Fish
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Movie Reviews of Go Fish
Movie Review: Great filmography, horrible acting
Summary: 2 Stars
I have watched many gay/lesbian films, and I have to say that this is the worst one I have seen so far. It does have some great indie cinematography, and it is not your traditional lesbian story (cute girl finding love where she least expects it... with a homely older woman). But I could not get passed the horrific acting. Guinevere Turner, who plays the lead as "Max" does well as an actress, but for the most part, the rest of the cast seems to have the acting skills of junior high students performing a play. Dialogue seems obviously scripted and memorized, which just makes it unbelievable and obnoxious. It was painful to watch. If you are just going to rent this movie at your local video store, then I suppose it is worth the three dollars, but if you are thinking about purchasing the DVD, save your money. Show Me Love, Gia, Better Than Chocolate, and If These Walls Could Talk, are much better choices.Movie Review: Quite missable- only if REALLY you have nothing else to do!
Summary: 2 Stars
I guess for its time this movie was really groundbreaking because it was the first film made by lesbians for lesbians. But seeing it now is just painful. Aside from Guin Turner, this movie boasts some of the scariest looking females I have ever seen. The dialogue is contrived and the acting is appalling. I mean I realize they had a really limited budget to work with or whatever, and kudos, but theres really no reason you should waste 2 hours of your life on this film. Get something else.Movie Review: Relative but still not any Good
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie is painfully artsy. It's very early 90s "My So Called Life" angst mixed with depression. Plus terrible amateur acting, and moments of unnecessary cliche cinematic affectations. I will probably watch this movie again, just because I relate. On the whole, though, not a good film.Movie Review: Hand in the "Honey Pot"...
Summary: 1 Stars
This may be the first time you hear me say this, but Go Fish was too artistic and dated for my enjoyment. I think that if I had seen this film when it was first released back in 1994 I would have been impressed. This was a very avant-garde film that tried very hard to discuss an issue that was very "hush-hush" back in the early 90s. Lesbians were very closeted back then and were not a major part of the culture norm as they are today (well, as much as we recognize them today). This makes for a very provocative film, but it also makes for a very dated film. This was my biggest issue with this film was that it nearly felt like a comedy instead of this symbolic struggle to pursue happiness like any heterosexual relationship. I realize that director Rose Troche was trying to show us that a lesbian relationship is no different than a male and female relationship and even lesbians talk like men talk about women, but somehow it just felt very dated and cliché for me. It didn't open more doors in my mind to the lifestyle of lesbians, but instead gave me this dated image of this butch lesbian that is rebelling against something instead of embracing the true lifestyle.
The black and white photography, while symbolically trying to show the black and white of the situation and relationship, just felt like an art film. This was an art film, so what am I griping about? I guess I just didn't want to see an art film with this topic. I wanted to see something along the lines of Kids or even a documentary, not something where the uneducated will laugh at and ridicule even harder. I wanted a film that was going to punch me in the face, not build upon dated/old clichés that instead poked my mind randomly and not very hard. It was unimpressive. It wasn't bold filmmaking, but instead just this random, average production about a lesbian love story. Was it to be educational? I think there were elements that could have been explored greater and into detail to cross that education/lifestyle acceptance line. The scene dealing with bisexuality is the first that comes to mind. This probably sounded great on paper, but when it was actually filmed out, it seemed high schoolish and bland. The inner voices were not struggling with the character, but instead causing confusion and chaos that will never be resolved. Another scene that could have played out just a bit better was the dinner scene where a group of lesbians have gathered for a party. There could have been more discussed between the lesbians like lifestyle, issues, and current problems (that would help with the dated feel) instead of just sex, sex, and more sex.
That was a huge downfall for me was the constant reminder that all these women wanted was to have sex. There were times when I was watching this film where I felt a bit of sweetness in my mouth because I thought there was some candy-coating happening. This does not need to happen in a film that is supposed to bring the lesbian lifestyle closer into the spotlight. I never felt that these women in this film were given the best light to show their stuff anyway. From the beginning of the first scene until the last (and all those snippets in-between) all they could talk about was sex. They wanted to have sex more often than I honestly think about in a day. It really made the rest of the non-existent themes seem blurry and unimportant. There was just a consistent lack of togetherness for this film that ultimately hurt it in the long run. This wasn't a film about women's rights, but instead a dire attempt to show the similarities between homosexual and heterosexual relationships. I agree that this happened, but just not very coherently. There seemed to be other elements strewn together in a very loose fashion that took away from the overall power of the film. Don't get me wrong, this could have been a very powerful film about a lifestyle that this world is still not accepting, but instead it went too far to the left (which isn't bad, except in this case) and chose to go the bleeding artist route instead of the informative, here are the facts route. The black and white photography, the lack of character development (who really was Ely's partner?), and the cheesy moments between scenes where women talked to me about the illusive "honey pot". It just wasn't coming together well for me and eventually fell apart all together.
Overall, I was not impressed. There are greater films out there that express the power of the relationship and do not create this unimpressive "raw" sensation by trying to shock the audiences. One of my favorites is the film Big Eden which accepts homosexuality like it is commonplace in society. If Go Fish would have been done in a similar style, I think I could have walked away from the film with a better taste in my mouth. Instead, I am stuck with an unimpressive story that did nothing except joke about why lesbian women like to play the game "Go Fish". Ha ha ha h....it just isn't working for me. I do not recommend this film in the least bit. There was one, singular scene that made me chuckle and for the likes of me I cannot remember why. It was an unmemorable feast of bad cinema. Skip it.
Grade: * out of *****
Movie Review: YUCK!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
This film is just plain UGLY, in more ways than one! I rented this movie and I couldn't finish it~I made it about 1/2 through. This movie sounded good when I read the description; two women, one attractive and outgoing, the other shy and plain, find romance. Well the movie began and it was in a very unappealing black-and-white. So off the bat I was turned off. I have watched and liked other B&W stuff before~but for some reason I just couldn't stomach it this time~probably because it just looked so ugly in this movie. Well then I started to look for the main character, you know the attractive and outgoing one (and aren't the pretty ones always outgoing???)? Then I realize it's MAX! Yikes! I don't know about the outgoing part, but this woman looks like she hadn't hit puberty yet! She's wearing baggy pants, a baggy top, and a baseball cap~she looked like a young, immature boy! Attractive?! Not! But get this, Max was absolutely STUNNING to me once I laid eyes upon her would-be suitor I-forget-her-name!!! And that was in the beginning BEFORE she chopped off most of her hair into a mohawk cut! After that, this movie became TOTALLY unwatchable! That chick was one of the ugliest people I have ever seen. To just have her in a movie is one thing-but to pair her up? I had to hit "EJECT" on this one! That's one sex scene I DID NOT want to see! Don't get me wrong, I can't stand it that in most movies the actors are all so beautiful and perfect, but this movie is at the other extreme. Lesbians on the whole are not like the ones in this movie-pre-puberty looking and boyish, or extremely ugly. Those are the choices for the white characters anyway. But lesbians are also not like the ones on the L Word-stunningly beautiful. Lebians are simply regular women. Some are very pretty, others are plain. Just like all women. Why can't lesbian women be portrayed this way? I have not seen the L Word, but from the looks of it, I think men may enjoy it the most! Um, where's all the great stuff that caters to real-life lesbian women???