Year of the Fish Critic Reviews

Packs more sadness than the familiar fairy tale but offers its own fantastical delights. Ye Xian's party dress, made of teardrops, suits her -- and her story -- perfectly.Read the full review

That the film is animated gives it an appropriately magical feel, but it can't save the story from being drowned in devices and stereotype.Read the full review

To some degree, it's trying to find the magic in the everyday, but the attempts to ground it are cringe-inducing and problematic.Read the full review

At its best, Year of the Fish makes a virtue of naivete - its heroine's, its director's, and the fragile fairy-tale belief that everyone deserves a happy ending.Read the full review