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A small fish with a big imagination gets lost in the deep wide ocean, until he is saved by his own storytelling.

Top Cast

  • Hannah Waddingham

    Hannah Waddingham

    Narrator (voice)

  • Lolly Adefope

    Lolly Adefope

    Miss Skate (Voice)

  • Jayde Adams

    Jayde Adams

    Plaice (voice)

  • Rob Brydon

    Rob Brydon

    Fisherman / Whale / Starfish / Anchovy (voice)

  • Reuben Kirby

    Reuben Kirby

    Tiddler (voice)

  • Theo Fraser

    Theo Fraser

    Johnny Dory (voice)

  • Paul Thornley

    Paul Thornley

    Lobster (voice)

  • Andy Martin

    Andy Martin

    Seal (voice)

  • Lizzie Waterworth

    Lizzie Waterworth

    Additional Voices (voice)

Overview

A small fish with a big imagination gets lost in the deep wide ocean, until he is saved by his own storytelling.

Rating

6.6 / 10
5 Reviews
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Dec 25, 2024

    What the eponymous young fish lacks in size it makes up for with an enormous imagination. Constantly late for school, his excuses to teacher "Miss Skate" become more creatively outlandish by the day. There's pirate treasure, a shark attack, a giant squid - even some fisherman's nets! Thing is, though, all his schoolfriends think he's just "Pinnochio" with fins. Astonishingly, one of these tall stories is actually true and leaves him a way from home, lost, and needing the most unconventional trail of literal breadcrumbs if he is to find his way back to his school and best friend "Johnny Dory". The style of animation reminded me quite a bit of the "Gruffalo" - indeed I'm sure I saw a scaly version of that very beastie at some point here. The story is a characterful one along the lines of boy who cried wolf, it's engagingly told and uses different styles to help us distinguish between his real life and his fantasies. It's a tale with a moral, sure, but that's delivered quite charmingly and it shows that you don't need Disney budgets to tell an enjoyable to watch story of underwater adventures that teaches us about all kinds of fish, too!

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