Go Fish

1994 "The girl is out there"
5.7| 1h23m| en
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Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in common. Can Max learn to look past the packaging?

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Samuel Goldwyn Company

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Also starring Mimi Weddell

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Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!
Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
Benas Mcloughlin Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
ladarius1991 In retrospect, lots of people would say go fish is a bad movie due to the bad acting and the bad script writing, but that's not the point.The movie go fish, which is the first actual lesbian film, teaches everybody about the ups and downs of every lesbian's lifestyle that most people doesn't seem to recognise in mainstream films during the 1990's and this low budget movie made by real lesbians (in a realistic documentary feel that's similar to spike lee's first movie "She's gotta have it") is very non Hollywood and is not in such total cliché of mainstream films during that decade that portray lesbian/bisexual women as serial killers (i.e. basic instinct and heavenly creatures) and that's what i like most about go fish because it's witty, romantic, and very close to the heart and although it's not the best film ever made, but who knows, a person who is a student in high school or in college might watch the movie during history/social studies class on lesbian history.
rsg2033 This movie was somewhat interesting. The characters in it were well rounded, but the acting had a lot of room for improvement. This film revolved around dialogue and there was plenty of it. For the most part the dialogue was funny and somewhat interesting, but overall this film mostly felt like a dirty version of Sex and the City: Lesbian Edition. I did think it was interesting that the film included real depictions of lesbian women and didn't just have classically beautiful women in it pretending to be lesbians. It also wasn't afraid to show uncensored lesbian relationships, which a great number of people in 1994 would have found repulsive. The film also included a variety of shots and wasn't afraid to play around with camera angles, but this wasn't necessarily a good thing. A few shots in particular were simply annoying, for instance: the laundry room shot from the drier and the conversation between Max and her black friend in the coffee shop. The transitions in the movie also didn't seem to have much relevance to the plot of the film. Some transitions would be kids playing in the park and others would be up close images of hands—there is one exception—when Daria and one of her sex lackeys are making love it shows Evy splitting some bread in half, but other than that the transitions do not have any relevance. Overall Go Fish is not a bad movie, but it isn't a great one either. I personally would not watch it again given the opportunity.It is a somewhat interesting movie, but it leans heavily on the lesbian aspect and given that this is the twenty-first century it doesn't carry the same shock value that it did back in '94. Don't get me wrong, if the characters in this film were not lesbians it probably wouldn't be interesting at all. In fact it would be the same romantic comedy that we've all seen over one hundred times now.
PrometheusUnderground this is a little indie film with a lot of heart. it is a sincere looking-for-love story about likable lesbians who aren't stereotypical and flat like we see so often. in terms of story and character, i think Go Fish compares favorably to the L Word and Chasing Amy. funny enough, the gorgeous Guinevere Turner who wrote and starred in Go Fish, was the inspiration for Kevin Smith to write Chasing Amy and she plays a small role in it, and also she acts in and is a writer for L Word. don't expect many comparisons between Go Fish and L Word or Chasing Amy in terms of production tho, there's not really any comparison since Go Fish is a very gritty 90s indie. but i found all the characters to be really interesting and likable with believably naturalistic performances. also, i must say that the sex is pretty hot.
tig-7 an interesting portrayal of what could have been a very heavy subject matter, goes deep enough to make you think but no so deep that you can't enjoy the fun of the film. the flashback sequences are very interesting... made me consider my opinions on some issues. let down only slightly by one or two below par performances by bit players and an obviously small budget.