
Terry is a suicidal voyeur who doesn't seem to be able to kill himself. While preparing for jumping off a bridge, he meets Nick who ends up saving his life. Terry discovers that Nick is terminally ill and doesn't have much time left. Scared by the lack of time, Nick offers Terry a deal he can't refuse: Terry will become the beneficiary of Nick's life insurance or, since money doesn't matter to Terry, Nick promises to kill him before he dies. All Nick asks is Terry's help to r... (Full plot summary below)
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Terry is a suicidal voyeur who doesn't seem to be able to kill himself. While preparing for jumping off a bridge, he meets Nick who ends up saving his life. Terry discovers that Nick is terminally ill and doesn't have much time left. Scared by the lack of time, Nick offers Terry a deal he can't refuse: Terry will become the beneficiary of Nick's life insurance or, since money doesn't matter to Terry, Nick promises to kill him before he dies. All Nick asks is Terry's help to realize a few fantasies before dying.
Leave your thoughts about Dream with the Fishes.
| Minneapolis Star TribuneJeff StricklerThe filmmaker does keep one nifty -- we might even say quirky -- little surprise for the end. |
| Spokesman-Review (Washington)Dan WebsterDream With the Fishes is a personal kind of story told with a sensitivity that, while not exactly Oscar-worthy, does manage to touch on feelings most mainstream films don't even admit exist. |
| Time OutWally HammondIt's finely shot though and moves along crisply to the beat of its atmospheric modern blues and indie soundtrack. |
| Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)Jeffrey WesthoffGrows more human before pulling off its whammy of an ending that makes the whole thing more affecting than you imagined it could be. |
| Boston PhoenixTom MeekThe premise may sound titillating, but writer/director Finn Taylor tries too hard, and his loosely autobiographical drama comes off alarmingly stiff and contrived. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHow Dream With the Fishes works is that the road movie and buddy movie formulas slowly dissolve from around Nick and Terry, who by the end of the movie stand revealed in three dimensions. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanThe film's unconventional style gives druggy magic enough to get over a plot which might seem like a downer, and deliver something genuinely worthwhile. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceIt's still an example of original filmmaking, and even if it's not very consistent, the film does feature some startling performances from its stars. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanWhat is most surprising is how touching much of the film is without ever taking the easy route, and going for obviousness or predictable, maudlin melodrama. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlA throwback to the independent-minded, anything-goes movies that followed in the wake of Easy Rider in the early 1970s. |