The crew of a West of Ireland trawler, marooned at sea, struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.... (Full plot summary below)
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The crew of a West of Ireland trawler, marooned at sea, struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
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| SlashfilmJason GorberThis is an intimate film with grand ideas, a small boat floating on a giant ocean, and the extraordinary discovery at the heart of the narrative is outweighed by the sense as a filmgoer that we’re seeing a talented director coming to the surface, sticking her tendrils in, and reshaping our expectations as we’re taken along for the journey. |
| The PlaylistKimber MyersThe initial draw of Sea Fever might be as a monster movie, but this is a profoundly humane and humanist film whose ideas stays with you longer than the nightmares. |
| The A.V. ClubKatie RifeDespite some overly literal tributes to the films that inspired it (namely Alien, Jaws, and The Thing), Sea Fever’s vision of humanity’s insignificance in the face of nature is exactly the sort of awe-inspiring message some of us need to hear right now. |
| Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganThere’s a great deal of fun to be had watching Hardiman play out her cards; we know the hand she’s holding, but it’s a nice-looking deck nonetheless. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakHardiman takes special care to ensure her narrative is steeped in real world plausibility. |
| Rolling StoneDavid FearAnd suddenly, amid the claustrophobic compositions and shadowy hallways and tick-tick-tick of inevitable sickness, Sea Fever goes from being a monster movie to an eerily timed example of pandemic horror. Coming to a TV screen in a near you in the middle of a quarantine, this exercise in it-came-from-below suddenly takes on a whole other level of resonance. |
| Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganWhile Hardiman couldn’t have foreseen the elevated commentary her film would take on six months after its TIFF debut, it’s refreshing to have a film that takes itself so seriously by refusing to sacrifice its moral stance in order to satiate the anxieties of viewers—anxieties that have become more prescient than anyone could have imagined. |
| Screen RantHannah HoolihanOnce it overcomes its initial storytelling lulls, Sea Fever embarks on a thrilling creature-feature adventure with a message that's all-too-timely. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWriter-director Neasa Hardiman mostly keeps her debut feature at the level of a claustrophobic psychological thriller, saving her special effects budget for a few breathtaking undersea views of the glowing, multi-tentacled beastie. But after a fairly sedate start, the movie gets increasingly grim and violent. |
| Vanity FairRichard LawsonWe can feel a richer idea tingling just beneath Sea Fever’s skin. But Hardiman never roots it out, opting instead for a restraint that is often admirable, but also dampens the film’s potential power. |
