- Release Date: 2000
- Runtime: 119 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Chi Moui Lo, Sanaa Lathan, Paul Winfield, Mary Alice ... see all
- Director: Chi Moui Lo
- Plot: Dwayne and his older sister Mai are adults: Mai is married to Vinh, Dwayne is about to propose to Nina. Twenty-two years ago, when Mai was 10, she and Dwayne... Read more
User Reviews
I can't believe somebody made this...!!!!
Sep 14, 2006
trae - yahoo.com
Sep 14, 2006trae - yahoo.com
Wow. I love this film mainly because of the theme's content. At times it was confusing as to what the director wanted you to feel. However there was lots of comedic parts in it. I'm glad a film like this was... Full review
I can't believe somebody made this...!!!!
Sep 14, 2006
traespiral - yahoo.com
Sep 14, 2006traespiral - yahoo.com
Wow. I love this film mainly because of the theme's content. At times it was confusing as to what the director wanted you to feel. However there was lots of comedic parts in it. I'm glad a film like this was... Full review
Incredible collaboration in comedy
Sep 14, 2006
glossyinpink - yahoo.com
Sep 14, 2006glossyinpink - yahoo.com
My husband and I absolutely loved this movie. I can watch it over and over again. This is a wonderful comedy bringing together 2 different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. We found it to be very amusing and down right outrageous. I... Full review
Catfish in Black Bean Sause
Aug 14, 2006
samirah_jaha - yahoo.com
Aug 14, 2006samirah_jaha - yahoo.com
Catfish in Black Bean Sause, was a great and wonderful movie that I loved watching and would like to see more from its cast in acting. They are all gorgeous and beautiful people I loved the alot.... Full review
Catfish in Black Bean Sause
Aug 14, 2006
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Aug 14, 2006__A_YAHOO_USER__ - yahoo.com
Catfish in Black Bean Sause, was a great and wonderful movie that I loved watching and would like to see more from its cast in acting. They are all gorgeous and beautiful people I loved the alot.... Full review
Good, Catchy Film
Jan 17, 2003
huggy_bear - imdb.com
Jan 17, 2003huggy_bear - imdb.com
I won't waste a lot of time going over the whole plot of this film, as it has already been done numerous times. Basically, just a nice, sometimes funny, sometimes serious little film that I just couldn't bring myself to... Full review
Catfish Story with Sanaa Lathan
Aug 12, 2002
dfryer - imdb.com
Aug 12, 2002dfryer - imdb.com
Catfish is a delightful independent film that allows its audience to experience both emotional extremes from laughter to tears. The story is about a childless African American couple (Harold and Delores Williams) who have adopted and successfully reared two Vietnamese... Full review
Bravo to Chi Muoi Lo. It's a heartwarming pot of diversity all spliced, diced and spiced up.
Jul 09, 2000
Ruby Liang - imdb.com
Jul 09, 2000Ruby Liang - imdb.com
Paul Winfield and Mary Alice together -- what a pairing! That's worth the ticket already. Good for Chi Muoi Lo, thank goodness to his perseverance and passion, we get to see his fruit of labor and love: CATFISH IN BLACK... Full review
Amazing Ensemble Acting
May 17, 1999
anonymous - imdb.com
May 17, 1999anonymous - imdb.com
This a very, very impressive independent film. The story is funny, painful and moving. The characters are extremely well-written and three-dimensional. The ensemble acting is quite amazing; this film has the best casting I've seen in a while, even the... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Mar 25, 2004Houston Chronicle
Fortunately, it's a large, strong ensemble cast.
Though the screenplay is often disjointed and messy
... Full Review
| Dec 08, 2000Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Catfish" is by no means a dumb movie, but it is in such a hurry to get its laughs that it feels as stressed as Dwayne.
And the movie isn't quite as much fun as it could be.
... Full Review
| Jun 23, 2000San Francisco Chronicle
But he's never content with actual dialogue, only the comedy buried (at unattainable levels) in ethnic conflict.
Acting in an entirely different movie is the phenomenal Sanaa Lathan, the distaff half of "Love and Basketball.
... Full Review
| Jun 08, 2000Los Angeles Times
Chi has been singularly fortunate in his stars, Mary Alice and Paul Winfield, veterans of such resources and presence that they make the entire film worth watching.
Chi is on far surer ground as a writer-director in the film's more serious moments or at those times when the humor seems to arise naturally from a complicated predicament.
... Full Review
filmcritic.com
But along the way, theres rat-a-tat comedy dialogue thats overwritten, some clunky dream sequences, and the periodic montage that screams B-movie, or even worse, B-movie satire.
When they complain that the cat thinks hes human, its a subtle means of explanation - that poor cat is just the first of the cast to question his identity.
... Full Review
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