Little Fish (2021)
Directed by Chad Hartigan
A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
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What critics compared Little Fish to
Directed by Chad Hartigan ( Morris From America ), the film’s love story, between Cooke and Jack O’Connell, is likely to remind many of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind .
Though reminiscent of everything from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Perfect Sense to last year’s Apples , their collaboration doesn’t feel as derivative as it might sound — Emma and Jude’s love may not conquer all, but unlike in Malcolm & Marie we desperately want it to.
That doesn’t deter from its power, and in one particular obvious way (memory), it reminds me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but also because love is love; short or long, and the memories, the briefest of details, can mean the world.
While comparisons to Contagion , Memento , or Amour may come to mind, Little Fish ‘s strongest parallel is perhaps Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in that both melancholic films explore the ups and downs of a particular romance through the lens of loss.
It’s also a cliche to compare a science-fiction romance movie to the incomparable “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but Hartigan, making his first genuine foray into sc-fi here, must be a fan.
It calls to mind films that traffic in the world of memory, including “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Memento,” and even the Adam Sandler rom-com “50 First Dates.”