The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Gone Fishing
Animation · Comedy · 2017
On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.
Movie details
Gone Fishing
2017 Animation · Comedy 3m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Gone Fishing?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
John Musker · Ron Clements
Auliʻi Cravalho
Moana (voice)
Dwayne Johnson
Maui (voice)
Court is in session
Put Gone Fishing on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.