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Gone Fishing

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

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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?

The 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.

Directed by

John Musker · Ron Clements

Auliʻi Cravalho

Auliʻi Cravalho

Moana (voice)

Dwayne Johnson

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 defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

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.