review for Dream with the Fishes on AllMovie

While the initial set-up of the premise in Dream With the Fishes feels a little convenient, the film is ultimately an interesting and satisfying experience. The three principles, David Arquette, Brad Hunt, and Kathryn Erbe, approach their roles with a passion and excitement toward the project that comes through and, in itself, makes the movie watchable. At the points when Finn Taylor's script drops the ball, the cast is always there to catch it and keep going. Despite the sports analogy, it is definitely a quiet and intimate movie. The humor, while largely dealing with death, has a warmth to it, and, even though it maintains its edge throughout and never feels syrupy, the movie's overall mood is compassionate. Dream With the Fishes does ask for the audience's attention and patience at times, but, in return, it offers a pleasurable and unique film.