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I'm Reed Fish

2007 · 93 min

A gentle, quirky small-town comedy about messing up your safe life, with warm humor and a bittersweet romantic ache.

Tagline
Reed Fish's life turns into chaos when a high school crush returns on the eve of his marriage to the small town's sweetheart.
Overview
When an old high school crush returns to his small hometown, Reed Fish's once simple, calculated life begins to unravel. A drunken incident prompts Reed's fiancée and the entire town to turn against him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Zackary Adler
Written by
Reed Fish
Starring
Jay Baruchel, Alexis Bledel, Victor Rasuk, Schuyler Fisk, A.J. Cook, Katey Sagal, Shiri Appleby, Chris Parnell
Music
Roddy Bottum
Cinematography
Doug Chamberlain
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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