Starfish fingerprintBig heart, no humor.
Tense
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life, a real life story, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters and performances
Functional look and sound
Tense
Starfish is tense.
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, profoundly sad, and romantic. Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Everyday modern life, a real life story, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, a real life story, and family. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters and performances
The characters and performances stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Starfish is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71/100 (IMDb 6.6 and Rotten Tomatoes 75%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 35 min
Starfish runs 1 h 35 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Critics rate Starfish higher (75) than audiences (67). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
+10GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Starfish in 24 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 30 storytelling tropes for Starfish, including Ambiguous Situation, Animal Motif, Arc Words.
6.6
