Treading Water (2013)

Name: Treading Water
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2013-09-13
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Douglas Smith, Zoë Kravitz, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ariadna Gil, Don McKellar

Treading Water (2013), directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor, starring Douglas Smith and Zoë Kravitz.

09/13/2013 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 32m

User
score

Quiz about this movie

Mica is a perfectly normal boy. Well he would be if he didn't smell of fish.

Synopsis

Mica is born smelling of fish that soap and doctors can't remove. Problems increase starting school as no one'll be his friend. He sees a therapist. His life seems doomed until he meets Laura.

Analeine Cal y MayorDirector, Writer
Óscar FigueroaEditing
Niv FichmanProducer
Stacy PerskieProducer

About the film

Treading Water (also titled The Boy Who Smells Like Fish) is a 2013 Mexican-Canadian 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.

Read the full article (1k characters)

Cast

Douglas Smith as Mica

Zoe Kravitz as Laura

Carrie-Anne Moss as Catherine

Ariadna Gil as Sophie

Gonzalo Vega as Guillermo Garibai

Don McKellar as Richard

Release

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

Reception

The film has a rating of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.

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."

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

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."

References

External links

Treading Water at IMDb

Treading Water at Rotten Tomatoes

The Boy Who Smells Like Fish at Library and Archives Canada

Text from Treading Water (2013 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treading_Water_(2013_film)

Trivia

The production budget was US$ 4.7 million.
It premiered on September 13, 2013, a Friday.
It runs 1h32 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosMecanismo Films, Rhombus Media, Redrum
CountriesCanada, Mexico
LanguagesEnglish
BudgetUS$ 4,700,000
StatusReleased

Cast

Quiz about this movie

Questions from the whole catalogue.

Play now

If you liked this one

Crew

Analeine Cal y Mayor Director
Óscar Figueroa Editing
Niv Fichman Producer
Stacy Perskie Producer
Analeine Cal y Mayor Writer
Javier Gullón Writer

Questions about this film

What is Treading Water about?

Treading Water: Mica is born smelling of fish that soap and doctors can't remove. Problems increase starting school as no one'll be his friend. He sees a therapist. His life seems doomed until he meets Laura.

Who directed Treading Water?

Treading Water was directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor in 2013.

Who stars in Treading Water?

The cast of Treading Water includes Douglas Smith, Zoë Kravitz, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ariadna Gil and Don McKellar.

How long is Treading Water?

Treading Water runs for 92 minutes, or 1h32.