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Help! I'm a Fish

2000 · 80 min

A colourful, fast-paced underwater adventure with silly villains and a race against time, fun for kids but with some scary moments.

Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Tagline
A potion put them in the ocean
Overview
Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after consuming a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem: they must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.

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Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour6
Realism3
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
adventure, animation, comedy, family, drama
Directed by
Michael Hegner, Stefan Fjeldmark
Written by
John Stefan Olsen, Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark
Starring
Sebastian Jessen, Pil Neja, Morten Kerrn Nielsen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Dick Kaysø, Louise Fribo, Ulf Pilgaard
Music
Søren Hyldgaard
Runtime
80 min
Country
Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
Danish, Spanish, French, Latin

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