Rotten
Despite the emphasis on Oedipal conflict, the film expresses no desire to enter the grownup world; happiness here is associated with eternal adolescence, following the '70s (and now, apparently, '90s) ideal.
Dave Kehr, New York Daily News
Dream with the Fishes
Voyeurism, LSD and nude bowling... finally, a buddy flick that keeps you guessing!
1997 · 1h 37m · R Comedy, Crime, Drama
Overview
A suicidal man who can't kill himself agrees to finance his terminally ill neighbor's bucket list of fantasies if, at the end, the neighbor will kill him.
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60%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A throwback to the independent-minded, anything-goes movies that followed in the wake of Easy Rider in the early 1970s.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten
Clearly, it wishes to be different, but anyone who fondly recalls the buddy films of the '70s will find it to be more of the same.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The quirky-misfits-on-the-road genre is nothing new or revolutionary, but the film possesses a naive charm that is as refreshing as it is rare.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
As the film progresses, however, it begins to accumulate all sorts of unnecessary characters and subplots that only serve to weigh it down.
John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
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