Kettle of Fish (2006)

A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy are on hand to provide perspective.

Director:

Claudia Myers

Writer:

Claudia Myers

Stars:

Matthew Modine, Gina Gershon, Christy Scott Cashman

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew Modine	...	Mel
Gina Gershon	...	Ginger
Christy Scott Cashman	...	Diana
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Freddie
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Harry
Lois Chiles	...	Jean
Stephen Mailer	...	Band Leader
Ewa Da Cruz	...	Inga
Fisher Stevens	...	Bruce
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Sean
Ranjit Chowdhry	...	Doorman
Gloria Reuben	...	Mindy
Amy Sacco	...	Rita
Chuck Pfeiffer	...	Walter (as Chuck Pfeifer)
Robert Zarem	...	Research Director (as Bobby Zarem)

Storyline

Mel is a musician in Manhattan, with plenty of one-night stands but no steady companion, except for his goldfish. He decides to move in with his current girlfriend, so he sublets his flat to Ginger, an English biologist new in town. The day he moves out, he flips for the bride at a wedding where he's playing, breaks up with his girlfriend, and moves back into his flat, negotiating with Ginger to her temporary flatmate. Meanwhile, he pursues Diana, the bride, working as the elevator operator in her building while he and Ginger develop a friendship as she does research on his fish. One of her lab frogs and his fish develop an attraction: is this a harbinger of opposites attracting?

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Plot Keywords:

lost in a park | fish | biologist | flat | wedding | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes love is right outside your fishbowl

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brief sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un sapo, un príncipe y ella

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,864, 15 October 2006, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eagle Pictures, Kettle of Fish Productions, Michael Mailer Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

(at around 26 mins) When Mel visits Diana's apartment for the first time, the door falls shut after she opens it for him. The sound of a door shutting can be heard, but in the mirror to the left you can see that Mel caught the door before it closed so there should have been no sound.

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Soundtracks

For Us
Written by Ryan Shore
Performed by The Ryan Shore Quartet

User Reviews

Wonderful film...

...with a wonderful, mellow, moody, sophisticated atmosphere and a fine sense of timing, comedy, jazz, and film history. Modine and Gershon - not a combo I'd ever have expected to see together - have a great thing going, and Myers lets them have groove together. C Cashman's stripper scene is one of the funniest I have seen in a movie this year.

Like some of the previous posters, I really disagree with the single negative - but vague - comment at the top of this site. Modine and Gershon were brave to take on roles in a small film with an inexperienced director like Myers, but the results are admirable - a meditation and adventure on frogs, jazz, science, nerds, and love. How could anyone resist?

I would recommend this intelligent, hilarious movie to anyone who likes good, clean film fun - hopefully it will transcend its Manhattan-cool vibe and find broad success.