Fishing Without Nets

Name: Fishing Without Nets
Released: 2014-9-25
Cast: Abdikhadir Mukhtar, Abdi Siad, Abdiwali Farrah, Abdikhadir Hassan, Reda Kateb

R
1h 49m
2014

65%

Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, Fishing Without Nets tells the mesmerizing and sobering story of the bandits from the Somali point of view. First-time feature filmmaker Cutter Hodierne combines the epic cinematic vision of a glorious action-thriller with intimate, textured qualities of an art film, humanizing the pirates by bringing us inside their moral dilemmas and gut-wrenching struggles.

Director:

Cutter Hodierne

Writer:

John Hibey, Cutter Hodierne

Cast:

Abdikhadir Mukhtar, Abdi Siad, Abdiwali Farrah, Abdikhadir Hassan, Reda Kateb, Idil Ibrahim

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Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

65%

Reviews

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Charles Mudede

What's the problem? There are so many. For example: The film doesn't at all explain how or why the fish population was depleted or where all of the machine guns are coming from...

Fishing Without Nets provides a thorough examination at the motives of those involved, particularly the group's internal conflicts.

Do we really need another Somali pirates movie after Paul Greengrass's superb Captain Phillips? Turns out we do, and Cutter Hodierne's directorial debut Fishing Without Nets almost fits the bill.

June 25, 2017

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Kristin Tillotson

A revealing, moving feature.

Hodierne allows space for the tension to build, and the result is almost sickeningly suspenseful.

June 25, 2017

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