Go Fish (1994)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Rose Troche

Writers:

Rose Troche (writer)
Guinevere Turner (writer)

Release Date:

July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The girl is out there

Plot:

Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely...

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Lesbian Theme | Lesbian Kiss | Matchmaker | Lesbian Scene

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

V.S. Brodie	...	Ely
Guinevere Turner	...	Camille 'Max' West
T. Wendy McMillan	...	Kia
Migdalia Melendez	...	Evy
Anastasia Sharp	...	Daria
Mary Garvey	...	Student #1 (jury member)
Jennifer Allen	...	Student #2
Walter Youngblood	...	Student #3
Danielia Falcon	...	Student #4 (jury member)
Arthur C. Stone	...	Student #5
Elspeth Kydd	...	Angry Student
Tracy Kimme	...	Student #6 (jury member)
Brooke Webster	...	Mel
Mimi Weddell	...	Mimi
Scout	...	Haircutter

Also Known As:

Ely & Max (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and sexual dialogue.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Australia:M | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Buck Town, Lincoln Square, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Can I Watch

Movie Connections:

Featured in Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)

Soundtrack:

Someone

Nice try, but...

Go Fish is a great effort as far as amateur film making goes, but it falls very short of the mark. The characters are one dimentional, the dialog is stilted and lame, and the acting is terrible. I don't know how the film was cast, but it seems that Troche and Turner just gathered up all the lesbians they knew and said, "Hey, wanna be in a movie?" If someone made this film as a part of an undergraduate film study program, then I might be impressed. The scenes where Max's friends lay on the floor with their heads together commenting on the film's events are difficult to watch and feel like bad communtity theatre. There are some interesting montage sequences interspersed throughout the film, but they have nothing to do with the story itself, and in the end just seem to exist soley for the purpose of being arty and pretentious. If you're looking for a great entry into lesbian film, this is not it. Try But I'm A Cheerleader or Better Than Chocolate.