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The Amazing Catfish

Los insólitos peces gato (The Amazing Catfish) (The Amazing Cat Fish)

2013

Claudia Sainte-Luce

Ximena Ayala, Lisa Owen, Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillén ...

6.2

997

Drama. Comedy A lonely young woman becomes a live-in caregiver for an ailing but indomitable matriarch and her brood of kids, in this joyful and wonderfully naturalistic comedy-drama.

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"While her screenplay needs strengthening, the tyro helmer demonstrate a satisfying confidence behind the camera."	NEU
United States	Inkoo Kang Los Angeles Times	"Writer-director Claudia Sainte-Luce heralds herself as a new talent to watch with 'The Amazing Catfish', an outstanding debut of tremendous heart and appeal."	POS
United States	Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Claustrophobic tale of family, mortality and eccentricity starts edgy, ends soapy."	NEU
United States	Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"If there's a certain depth missing in 'The Amazing Catfish', the film brings forth the small-scale pleasures and poignancy of an ambling short story."	POS
United States	Ben Sachs Chicago Reader	"This glorious 2013 debut feature by Mexican writer-director Claudia Sainte-Luce takes one of the most shopworn melodramatic premises and makes it feel spontaneous and new."	POS

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