Synopsis
Mica is born smelling of fish that soap and doctors can't remove. Problems increase starting school as no one'll be his friend. He sees a therapist. His life seems doomed until he meets Laura.
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Cast
- Douglas SmithMica
- Zoë KravitzLaura
- Carrie-Anne MossCatherine
- Ariadna GilSophie
- Don McKellarRichard
- Kim LyThe Lifeguard
- Gonzalo VegaGuillermo Garibai
- Sofía SisniegaClaudia
- Brian BridgerYoung Mika
- Amanda BrugelNurse
Recommendations
- 70
Screen Daily
A gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism. - 63
RogerEbert.com
The movie doesn't quite hold together at times, and some of the darker elements (like what it feels like to be shamed and shunned at every moment of your life) are soft-pedaled. But it has a strange charm nonetheless. - 50
The Dissolve
Smith and Kravitz, both tremendously likable, simply don’t have enough to do together. - 40
Variety
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. - 30
Village Voice
Analeine Cal y Mayor's bland, faux-quirky dramedy's most distinguishing set piece is a kitschy historic house museum dedicated to an erstwhile Mexican crooner named Guillermo Garibai.