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...year-old kid who literally grows up overnight (Big). You're a detective whose top informant is a slobbery dog (Turner & Hooch). You're the manager of a baseball team, and your players are all girls (A League of Their Own). Or your girlfriend is a fish (Splash). Your wife has died (Sleepless in Seattle). You think you're dying (Joe Versus the Volcano). You are dying (Philadelphia). Whether the dilemma is fantastic or tragic, Hanks gives it an apt, gentle heft...
...check out where some noise is coming from, he waves his arms and stiffens his body, exaggerrating what should be a sly, tenacious and carefully forceful motion of convincing. During the last scene with the microphone that appears in the room, Ben is told their target is arriving. Fish's eyes instantly grow large and round then return to their normal state as he gains his confidence. Again these motions are too exaggerated, he's too surprised. A real professional hitman would be able to cover it up. But Ben is supposed to be the part of the team...
Rose Troche has created a small gem of a movie with her feature length film debut, "Go Fish." Billed as a portrait of urban lesbian life in the '90s, the film follows two main characters, Max (played superbly by Guinevere Turner) and Ely (the shy V.S. Brodie) as they fall in love with the help of their group of lesbian friends...
...fear and ignorance many people experience around lesbians or homosexuals in general is eased in "Go Fish." By the end of the movie the barriers which have been built up around lesbians crumble and you see these women as people experiencing what it means to fall in love. The most provocative part about the film, and what makes the naive viewer overcome his or her initial omnipresent thought of "Everyone's a lesbian," is the original filming techniques Toche employs...
Adding to this documentary tone is the unusual quality of the acting throughout "Go Fish." My first reaction upon seeing some of the scenes was, "Jeez, these women are bad actresses." And even though none of them have much, if any, acting experience, you soon forget about their acting ability and realize what you thought was bad line delivery is a picture of sincerity. When V.S. Brodie winks at the camera in one scene, you know you are looking at real people who have stepped into these roles and are having a good time with the camera...