7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) (2025)
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) (2025)
Overview
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is a semi-autobiographical indie drama anthology directed by newcomer Sierra Falconer and executive produced by Joanna Hogg. Set around Michigan's Green Lake, the film presents interconnected vignettes depicting youthful discoveries, family dynamics, and fleeting romances. Starring Maren Heary, Jonathan Stoddard, Michela Luci, and Wayne Duvall.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.5
Overview
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is a semi-autobiographical indie drama anthology directed by newcomer Sierra Falconer and executive produced by Joanna Hogg. Set around Michigan's Green Lake, the film presents interconnected vignettes depicting youthful discoveries, family dynamics, and fleeting romances. Starring Maren Heary, Jonathan Stoddard, Michela Luci, and Wayne Duvall.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Interconnected vignettes explore youth confronting abandonment, competitive pressures, and farewells in a Michigan lake town, emphasizing emotional growth without ideological slant. The absence of partisan messaging in character arcs and resolutions anchors its neutral stance.
The film's cast blends a white majority with inclusions of Asian and Filipino-American performers in its small-town ensemble. Its interconnected vignettes emphasize emotional self-discovery and community bonds, touching lightly on outsider experiences without centering broader identity critiques.
Secondary
The anthology's vignettes highlight fragmented family dynamics, including parental abandonment and intense expectations on children, framing personal independence and emotional transitions as positive amid strained traditional bonds. Grandparental support offers some stability, but the narrative ultimately questions rigid family norms in favor of individual growth.
The film presents interconnected vignettes of youth and family life in a Michigan lake community, without any depiction of LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
The anthology film presents interconnected stories of young characters navigating family dynamics and personal growth on a serene lakeside, without any transgender characters or themes. For instance, one segment follows a teenage girl adjusting to time with her grandparents, emphasizing themes of independence and nature.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The anthology film features original, semi-autobiographical stories with newly created characters, including a girl learning to sail, a boy competing in music, two sisters running a bed-and-breakfast, and a fisherman, portrayed by actors matching the described genders, without any adaptation from prior source material.
This anthology film presents original, semi-autobiographical stories set around Green Lake with newly created characters lacking prior canonical racial depictions, yielding no instances of race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
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Critic Ratings
8.0
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