Synopsis
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
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Cast
- Hermione CorfieldSiobhán
- Ardalan EsmailiOmid
- Olwen FouéréCiara
- Jack HickeyJohnny
- Elie BouakazeSudi
- Dougray ScottGerard
- Connie NielsenFreya
- Dag MalmbergProfessor
Recommendations
- 85
Slashfilm
This is an intimate film with grand ideas, a small boat floating on a giant ocean, and the extraordinary discovery at the heart of the narrative is outweighed by the sense as a filmgoer that we’re seeing a talented director coming to the surface, sticking her tendrils in, and reshaping our expectations as we’re taken along for the journey. - 83
The Playlist
The initial draw of Sea Fever might be as a monster movie, but this is a profoundly humane and humanist film whose ideas stays with you longer than the nightmares. - 75
The A.V. Club
Despite some overly literal tributes to the films that inspired it (namely Alien, Jaws, and The Thing), Sea Fever’s vision of humanity’s insignificance in the face of nature is exactly the sort of awe-inspiring message some of us need to hear right now. - 70
Rolling Stone
And suddenly, amid the claustrophobic compositions and shadowy hallways and tick-tick-tick of inevitable sickness, Sea Fever goes from being a monster movie to an eerily timed example of pandemic horror. Coming to a TV screen in a near you in the middle of a quarantine, this exercise in it-came-from-below suddenly takes on a whole other level of resonance. - 67
The A.V. Club
It’s well-acted and reasonably intelligent, but also derivative enough to compare unfavorably to plenty of stone-cold classics. - 67
The Film Stage
Hardiman takes special care to ensure her narrative is steeped in real world plausibility. - 60
The Guardian
It’s a low-budget effort with high ambitions, something that’s hard not to admire, and while it often feels like the teaser for a bigger and better movie, it’s perhaps a sign that Hardiman is setting sail for Hollywood next. - 50
Slant Magazine
Writer-director Neasa Hardiman’s film is undone by earnestness.
