Starfish fingerprintImmersive world, strong craft, a touch of humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind, fantasy, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters
Standout score
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Starfish is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Emotionally, it's melancholic and moving.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
The mind, fantasy, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind, fantasy, and everyday modern life. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout characters
The characters stand out.
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A girl. A mixtape. And the end of the world.
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Starfish is included with a subscription to fuboTV and ARROW in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Fandango at Home Free, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 66/100 (IMDb 5.2, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, and Metacritic 74). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, disturbing imagery, and suicide themes.
1 h 39 min
Starfish runs 1 h 39 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Starfish higher (82) than audiences (49). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+2GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Starfish in 16 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.
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