The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The deeper you go, the weirder life gets.
The deeper you go, the weirder life gets.
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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2004
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Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
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Runtime:
119 min
Release date:
10 Dec 2004
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Icelandic, Portuguese, French, Tagalog, German, Italian
Budget:
$50,000,000
Revenue:
$34,808,403
Awards:
3 wins & 10 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Like the jaguar shark, The Life Aquatic is hard to get a hook into.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
17 Mar 2014
fresh:
If you go with it, you'll love the film.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
17 Mar 2014
rotten:
The Life Aquatic drifts along at a lazy pace, the occasional encounter with pirates notwithstanding.
– Christopher Orr,
The New Republic,
17 Mar 2014
fresh:
Noah Baumbach collaborated on the arch script, whose bittersweet weirdness leaves a residue even as the narrative disintegrates.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
17 Mar 2014
fresh:
Like the film's fake fish, The Life Aquatic is endlessly fascinating to watch but, if you look closer, there's not much there.
– Christy Lemire,
Associated Press,
17 Mar 2014