Go Fish

1994, Comedy/Lgbtq+, 1h 25m

69 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

critics consensus

With sensitive direction from Rose Troche and terrific work from co-writer/star Guinevere Turner, Go Fish plays a winning hand. Read critic reviews

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Go Fish Videos

Go Fish: Official Clip - I'm Sticking With Honey Pot photo 1

Go Fish: Official Clip - I'm Sticking With Honey Pot

Go Fish: Official Clip - My Name is Max photo 2

Go Fish: Official Clip - My Name is Max

Go Fish: Official Clip - U-G-L-Y photo 3

Go Fish: Official Clip - U-G-L-Y

Go Fish: Official Clip - Getting Personal photo 4

Go Fish: Official Clip - Getting Personal

Go Fish: Official Clip - Is That How I Raised You? photo 5

Go Fish: Official Clip - Is That How I Raised You?

Go Fish: Official Clip - Nail-Cutting Foreplay photo 6

Go Fish: Official Clip - Nail-Cutting Foreplay

Go Fish: Official Clip - Evy's New Family photo 7

Go Fish: Official Clip - Evy's New Family

Go Fish: Official Clip - Max & Ely photo 8

Go Fish: Official Clip - Max & Ely

Go Fish: Official Clip - First Kiss photo 9

Go Fish: Official Clip - First Kiss

Go Fish: Official Clip - Going to the Movies photo 10

Go Fish: Official Clip - Going to the Movies

Go Fish: Official Clip - Lesbian Identity photo 11

Go Fish: Official Clip - Lesbian Identity

Go Fish: Official Clip - Never Have I Ever photo 12

Go Fish: Official Clip - Never Have I Ever

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Movie Info

After leaving behind her girlfriend to attend college in Chicago, young lesbian Max West (Guinevere Turner) is introduced to Ely (V.S. Brodie), a slightly older woman with quirky habits. While Max and Ely quickly develop an attraction to each another, a poorly timed phone call from Max's long-distance girlfriend, Kate, brings things to an abrupt halt. Meanwhile Max's roommate, Kia (T. Wendy McMillan), helps her girlfriend, Evy (Migdalia Melendez), cope with some tough times at home.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Comedy, Lgbtq+
Original Language:

English
Director:

Rose Troche
Producer:

Rose Troche, Guinevere Turner
Writer:

Rose Troche, Guinevere Turner
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 10, 1994 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 24, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA):

$2.4M
Runtime:

1h 25m
Distributor:

Cinemussy, Samuel Goldwyn Company

Cast & Crew

V.S. Brodie

V.S. Brodie
Ely

Guinevere Turner

Guinevere Turner
Camille "Max" West

T. Wendy McMillan

T. Wendy McMillan
Kia

Migdalia Melendez

Migdalia Melendez
Evy

Anastasia Sharp

Anastasia Sharp
Daria

Betty Jeannie Pejko

Betty Jeannie Pejko
Evy's mother

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Critic Reviews for Go Fish

All Critics (69) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (52) | Rotten (17)

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Audience Reviews for Go Fish

Nov 28, 2009

Rose Troche does a great job in directing this film. First of all, we see women though a woman's eye. It's unusual, and it focuses on completely different things, than what men usually pay attention to. Here we have an obsession with faces, eyes and hands- not boobs. Very refreshing from that point of view! Also the black & white photography maximizes the effort to capture all those sexually ambiguous women. The fact that I am only watching this film 15 years after it was made, is a shame. I wish I knew it was out there when I was first questioning myself and my identity. It would have been a tremendous step towards realizing that even freaks of nature (according to the western society's standards) deserve to be happy and can be loved. Love can be found in the weirdest of places. Ely maybe "U.G.L.Y." but she can make Max happy. Max has to give up on the idea of the ideal girlfriend, and explore more tangible options. I loved it, even though it's totally NOT "L word" and girls are not necessarily attractive and worn out in the gym.

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