Passion Fish Movie Review 1992

McDonnell plays May-Alice, a soap opera actress who is paralyzed after a taxi accident in New York. Confined to a wheelchair, the bitter woman moves back to her Louisiana home and alienates a number of live-in nurses until Chantelle (Woodard), who has her own problems, comes along. Blunt writing and directing by Sayles overcome the story's inherent sentimentality as do the spirited performances of the leads, including Curtis-Hall as the rogue romancing Chantelle and Strathairn as the Cajun bad boy McDonnell once loved.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 136 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Director/Star Teams: Sayles & Strathairn, Female Bonding, Physical Problems, American South, Women, Louisiana

Screenplay

John Sayles

Cast

Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Nora Dunn, Sheila Kelley, Angela Bassett, Mary Portser, Maggie Renzi, Leo Burmester, Shauntisa Willis, John Henry, Michael Laskin

Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Director

John Sayles

Music

Mason Daring

Producer

Maggie Renzi, Sarah Green, Orion Pictures

Awards

Ind. Spirit 1993: Support. Actress (Woodard).