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Shooting Fish

Dan Futterman (Actor), Stuart Townsend (Actor), Stefan Schwartz (Director) | Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | Format: VHS Tape
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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Shooting Fish is the kind of movie that evaporates once the end credits roll, but it's lightweight fun while it lasts. An amusing prologue sets the tone: Two young orphan boys--one in America, one in England--demonstrate their precocious ability to subvert the strict rules of society. Eighteen years later, the clever Yankee schemer Dylan (Dan Futterman) and techno-geek Jez (Stuart Townsend) are fast friends in London, pulling off a series of royal scams to finance their dream of building a luxurious home for orphans--of course, it's a selfish cause since they're the orphans. Their newly hired secretary Georgie (played by the delightful Kate Beckinsale) goes along with their con games in the belief that their intentions are good, and when she discovers their selfish motivations... well, let's just say the boys (who are both smitten with the charming medical student Georgie) manage to rise to the occasion and do the right thing. Despite a few clever twists, this frothy plot meanders too much to be very involving, but the three young costars make it all worthwhile. (Futterman had already played Robin Williams's son in The Birdcage and Beckinsale made a strong impression in The Last Days of Disco.) It's one of those featherweight British comedies that's so good-natured you feel Scroogey if you resist it, and director and cowriter Stefan Schwartz has made the movie just smart enough to hold its own against a wall-to-wall soundtrack of kitschy pop songs. If you don't consider "cute" a derogatory term, this movie will offer an agreeable diversion. --Jeff Shannon

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4.0 out of 5 stars The one that shouldn't get away, Jan 20 2010
This review is from: Shooting Fish (Widescreen) (DVD)
This is the movie that first introduced me to, and ultimately began my virtual love affair with Kate Beckinsale; there are a couple of amazing close ups of Kate smiling that still cause my heart to stop. Kate is under-utilized in the film but steals every scene she's in... oh ya and there are other people in the movie too but really whocares. No seriously, the movie is quite entertaining - even the scenes that don't include Kate are still pretty good.
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4.0 out of 5 stars great entertainment, Aug 8 2003
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This review is from: Shooting Fish (Widescreen) (DVD)
This is a very funny movie. I was captured by the first scam sequence. The cast do a very good job and the chemistry between
Dan Futterman and Stuart Townsend is wonderful. The characters are fresh and original and my daughter and I laughed all the way through it. This is a clean movie with only a few curse words. Dan Futterman is gorgeous and Stuart Townsend even though playing a shy electronics nerd is irresistable as usual. A must see for any fan of one of these two men.
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1.0 out of 5 stars mindless fun for people why can turn off their mind, Jun 30 2003
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This review is from: Shooting Fish (Widescreen) (DVD)
Every aspect covered by this film is different from the way the real world works. This includes the totally false technology, business leaders with poor judgment, government officials that give people's personal data to telephone callers, a medical student with the intelligence of a 12 year old, and the way the tax system works. The only realistic part was the few minutes of Phyllis Logan being a competent woman business executive. In her case this probably was not acting, as she is a pretty competent woman to start with. Her part is the only reason my copy has not found its way to the trashcan. There is a reason why new copies are under $...and used ones around $....
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