Treading Water (2013 film)

Treading Water (also titled The Boy Who Smells Like Fish)^[3] is a 2013 Mexican-Canadian^[1][2] comedy-drama film directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor and starring Douglas Smith and Zoë Kravitz. It is Cal y Mayor's feature directorial debut.^[3]

Treading Water
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Directed by	Analeine Cal y Mayor
Written by	Alaleine Cal y Mayor Javier Gullón
Produced by	Niv Fichman Stacy Perskie
Starring	Douglas Smith Zoë Kravitz
Cinematography	Gregory Middleton
Edited by	Óscar Figueroa
Music by	Benoît Charest
Production companies	Rhombus Media Redrum Mecanismo Films Telefilm Canada
Distributed by	The Orchard Alliance Films
Release date	March 2013 (2013-03) (Miami)[1]
Running time	86 minutes[2] 92 minutes[3][1]
Countries	Canada Mexico
Language	English[2]

Cast

• Douglas Smith as Mica
• Zoe Kravitz as Laura
• Carrie-Anne Moss as Catherine
• Ariadna Gil as Sophie
• Gonzalo Vega as Guillermo Garibai
• Don McKellar as Richard

Release

The film premiered at the Miami International Film Festival in March 2013.^[1]

Reception

The film has a 40 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.^[4]

Nick Schager of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Emitting the unpleasant stench of over-affectation, Treading Water slaps together its particular peculiarities with such randomness, it’s as if the film were conceived from blindly throwing disparate elements at the wall."^[2]

Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two and a half stars.^[5]

Mark Adams of Screen Daily gave the film a positive review, calling it "a gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism."^[1]