The actors are terrific, especially Weaving, who plays bottoming out as a tragedy spiked with gallows humor, and Blanchett, who digs deep into the booby-trapped nature of recovery. The revelation, however, is Rowan Woods, a major filmmaker in the making.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb 2006
fresh:
Cate Blanchett sinks into the role of a recovering drug addict in a thorny, compelling drama from Australia.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
23 Feb 2006
rotten:
If you say you'd watch Cate Blanchett in anything, here's your chance to prove it.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
24 Feb 2006
fresh:
A small film with a big cast, Little Fish is notable for its performances.
– Lisa Rose,
Newark Star-Ledger,
27 Feb 2006
fresh:
It's a sober, sensitive film ... about degrees of dependency, grief, guilt, recrimination and recuperation.