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Movie Info

A mysterious woman offers hope to an isolated youth (Douglas Smith) who lives in a museum and suffers from a strange medical condition that causes his body to give off a foul odor.

Genre:

comedy, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Analeine Cal y Mayor
Writer:

Analeine Cal y Mayor, Javier Gullón
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 24, 2015
Runtime:

1h 31m

Cast & Crew

Douglas Smith
Mica

Zoë Kravitz
Laura

Ariadna Gil
Sophie

Don McKellar
Richard

Carrie-Anne Moss
Catherine

Kim Ly
The Lifeguard

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Critic Reviews for The Boy Who Smells Like Fish

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (6)

Emitting the unpleasant stench of over-affectation, "Treading Water" slaps together its particular peculiarities with such randomness, it's as if the film were conceived from blindly throwing disparate elements at the wall.

March 12, 2015 | Full Review…

Nick Schager
Variety
About as fun as letting your car drift into a highway divider.

March 10, 2015 | Full Review…

Abby Garnett
Village Voice
Well-acted with a compelling concept, but shallow and less than the sum of its parts.

March 14, 2015 | Rating: 5.8/10 | Full Review…

Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru
If dying is easy and comedy is hard, Treading Water proves again that whimsy is the hardest kind of comedy there is.

March 12, 2015 | Full Review…

Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
Credit co-stars Douglas Smith and Zoe Kravitz for generating just the right chemistry as endearing oddballs to turn this quirky coming-of-age adventure into an appealing romantic romp.

March 11, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Kam Williams
Baret News
A gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism.

March 10, 2015 | Full Review…

Mark Adams
Screen International
Too much of this film feels like a half-baked Saturday Night Live skit stretched to the fraying point.

March 10, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/5

Phil Hall
Film Threat
It has inventive ideas in the setup of her fishy tale. But the story doesn't do enough with them, and, for a large stretch, flops along like a landlocked fish gasping for air.

March 10, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Andrew Lapin
The Dissolve
A freshly conceived combo coming of age unorthodox romance, channeling amphibious desires and counting as well the release of an inner mermaid at the local swimming pool. In a story whose whimsically if far fetched flights of fancy somehow stay afloat.

March 9, 2015 | Full Review…

Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
The Boy Who Smells Like Fish is an amusing slant on the coming-of-age film that hits occasional false moments but never wears out its welcome.

November 3, 2014 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Zachary Shevich
We Got This Covered