Treading Water (2013 film)

Treading Water
Poster
Directed byAnaleine Cal y Mayor
Written byAlaleine Cal y Mayor
Javier Gullón
Produced byNiv Fichman
Stacy Perskie
Starring
CinematographyGregory Middleton
Edited byÓscar Figueroa
Music byBenoît Charest
Production
companies
Rhombus Media
Redrum
Mecanismo Films
Telefilm Canada
Distributed byThe Orchard
Alliance Films
Release date
  • March 2013 (2013-03) (Miami)[1]
Running time
86 minutes[2]
92 minutes[3][1]
CountriesCanada
Mexico
LanguageEnglish[2]

Treading Water (also titled The Boy Who Smells Like Fish)[3] is a 2013 Mexican-Canadian[1][2] comedy-drama film directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor and starring Douglas Smith and Zoë Kravitz. It is Cal y Mayor's feature directorial debut.[3]

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Miami International Film Festival in March 2013.[1]

Reception

The film has a 40 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.[4]

Nick Schager of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "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."[2]

Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two and a half stars.[5]

Mark Adams of Screen Daily gave the film a positive review, calling it "a gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Adams, Mark (March 6, 2013). "The Boy Who Smells Like Fish". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Schager, Nick (March 12, 2015). "Film Review: 'Treading Water'". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c THR Staff (March 12, 2015). "'Treading Water': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Treading Water". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  5. ^ O'Malley, Sheila (March 13, 2015). "Treading Water". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021.