Passion Fish

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I stumbled onto this in my laserdisc collection looking for something else today. I had forgotten it. It's another John Sayles masterpiece, multi characters, no cliches, unusual plotting. etc. This one is far more linear than most Sayles films but definitely has the same depth and care he shows eleswhere.
Mary McDonnell plays a former Tv soap opera star crippled in a taxicab accident, and her paraplegia is cared for by Alfrie Woodard, who has problems of her own. In fact, every charcter here has a "background", but it's what is happening in the present that interests the director, as it does in all of his films.
One of the boldest things Sayles does is to treat subjects that could easily fall into the TV movie "disease of the week" cliche and yet avoid the cliches and produce a film that is rich and thought provoking. This one is moving, redemptive, and highly entertaining.

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Topic - Passion Fish - rico 19:58:21 04/11/04 (5)

Re: Passion Fish - Buckeye 20:30:37 04/11/04 (4)

I have only one criticism of John Sayles... - grinagog 03:30:04 04/12/04 (3)

"Men with Guns" may be Sayles greatest (right after "Lone Star"). nt - tinear 07:01:51 04/12/04 (2)

Re: "Sunshine State" - rico 08:16:26 04/12/04 (1)

Thanks for reminding me, I haven't seen it. But you're wrong. - tinear 15:01:49 04/12/04 (0)

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