Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 07/24/2001
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: 1/5.1
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MGM
This hit arthouse ensemble piece traces the romantic and political ups and downs of a group of multicultural Chicago lesbians. The central story involves an unlikely romance between
Max (
Guinevere Turner), a hip young babe, and
Ely (
V.S. Brodie), a slightly older woman involved in a long-term, long-distance relationship that's basically a smokescreen for her fear of romantic risk. When the pair are introduced by
Max's roommate, teacher/activist
Kia (
T. Wendy McMillan),
Max isn't interested in
Ely, whose long hair, hippie accoutrements, and fondness for decaffeinated herbal tea don't impress the younger, more fashion-conscious woman. Soon, though, fate, friends, and
Ely's butch new hairstyle conspire to push the women closer together. As this new romance inches along, the pair's friends have problems of their own:
Kia must help her closeted girlfriend,
Evy (
Migdalia Melendez), come to grips with the disapproval of her conservative Latina mother, while their pal
Daria (
Anastasia Sharp) incurs the disapproval of the lesbian community for her decision to sleep with a man. Filmed in black and white on-location in Chicago,
Go Fish features a number of non-standard narrative devices, most notably the Greek chorus, or "jury," of lesbians who comment on not only the plot, but also the political and social ramifications thereof. Shown in competition at
Sundance in 1994,
Go Fish went on to earn critical and commercial success and establish the careers of director
Rose Troche and actress
Turner, who together co-wrote and co-produced the picture.
Turner would appear in several additional indies and co-write the script for
American Psycho, while
Troche would go on to helm 1998's
Bedrooms & Hallways.
~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
;)
