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Passion Fish

Have you ever dreamed of escaping to a place where you can begin again?

Drama2h 15m

🍅100%

🍅

100%

Tomatometer

🍿

82%

Popcornmeter

7.0

TMDB

Storyline

After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.

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Details

DirectorJohn Sayles

ReleasedDec 11, 1992

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$5M

Revenue

$4.8M

Parental guideRUS

Studio

Atchafalaya

Cast

Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

May-Alice Culhane

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard

Chantelle

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Sugar LeDoux

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Rennie

Leo Burmester

Leo Burmester

Reeves

Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn

Ti-Marie

Mary Portser

Mary Portser

Precious

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Rhonda / Dawn

Sheila Kelley

Sheila Kelley

Kim

Nancy Mette

Nancy Mette

Nina

Lenore Banks

Lenore Banks

Nurse Quick

Will Mahoney

Max

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

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YouTube

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Reviews

7 reviews · 5 critics · 1 fan

6 fresh · 0 rotten

E

Edward Guthmann

RTSan Francisco ChronicleJan 11, 2023

Set In Louisiana bayou country, John Sayles' new character drama -- his best by far -- stars Mary McDonnell as a soap-opera actress who returns to her childhood home after a paralyzing accident.

A

Alyx Vesey

RTBitch MediaJan 9, 2021

I hope that films that share Passion Fish's politics continue to be made and improved upon. I just hope more directors of color, and female directors of color in particular, get to make them.

R

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJan 1, 2000

This is a tough, muscular story about a headstrong woman who wants things to go her way.

M

Malcolm L. Johnson

RTHartford CourantMay 29, 2018

Passion Fish drifts slowly by, like the turgid waters of Louisiana's bayous. Yet with his novelist's eye and story sense, and two brilliantly paired actresses, John Sayles pulls us ever deeper into the lives of a bitter paraplegic actress and her nurse.

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Information

Title

Passion Fish

Released

Dec 11, 1992

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

2h 15m

Status

Released

Studio

Atchafalaya

Fractured