Movie

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999 · 96 min

A gentle, bickering domestic comedy that ambles along warmly, finding quiet tenderness in a long marriage's frayed edges.

Tagline: The fish stays... the marriage goes!
Overview: A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
How it feels: Warm, light, satirical and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, love, aging, parenthood
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
aging
parenthood
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild