Falconer perfectly threads together these stories and bookends them with characters coming and going.

| Mar 25, 2025

I’m a sucker for pretty lake footage but these feel like all set up and no payoff.

| Mar 7, 2025

It’s quaint without being cloying, the kind of promising first feature that reminds us what festivals like this are supposed to be for.

| Feb 6, 2025

"Sunfish” unspools like a low-key vacation, serving up slender vignettes more than proper ”stories.” That said, it’s much trickier for a new director to establish atmosphere and tone, and Falconer excels in that department.

| Feb 6, 2025

Even with its pretty imagery and introspective moments of human connection, the film feels forced and ultimately rings hollow.

| Feb 5, 2025

The film is wonderfully crafted and speaks volumes despite being a gentle and quiet exploration of everyday life.

| Feb 5, 2025

Unfortunately, one wishes the film picked one of these stories and developed them further

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 3, 2025

It's not that scenes are weak or poorly written so much as completely, disappointingly predictable.

| Feb 3, 2025

Sunfish is a rich, endearing love letter to the titular Michigan peninsula wrapped up in an entertaining anthology movie, bearing a strong calling card for filmmaker Sierra Falconer.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2025

I was less compelled by the film than the question of how it was made.

| Jan 31, 2025

Each of the four stories, if expanded into a feature of their own, might have felt more complete and compelling. This is a perfectly decent way an hour and a half, but audiences will likely feel as if there’s something missing.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 31, 2025

A collection of wistfully effervescent vignettes that resists the usual highs and lows of its format by drawing a gentle power from the stillness of the water that runs through it.

| Original Score: B | Jan 30, 2025

Sunfish is visually rich in the way that manifests when a filmmaker genuinely loves their subject or setting, and Falconer's Michigan roots are on full display throughout.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 30, 2025

Falconer gives the right weight to each of the four stories, so none of them feel truncated or like they’ve overstayed their welcome. She has gathered a solid ensemble cast, with a mix of fresh faces and veteran character actors.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 29, 2025

Falconer and cinematographer Marcus Patterson capture the lyrical, peaceful quality of this community exquisitely. The effect is so enticing you can almost feel the breeze coming off the lake yourself.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 28, 2025

Once it’s over, you’ll resume your normal life to find not much has changed. For those 87 minutes, though, it’s just nice to get to drop in on its world.

| Jan 28, 2025

These incomplete individual stories all dance on the edge of transformation, even though we can’t quite tell what comes next for these people. And yet, over these quick, memorable 87 minutes, we come to know and love them, and hope they’ll turn out okay.

| Jan 27, 2025

It is one of the most Michigan films I’ve ever seen, capturing the beauty, humor, and resilience of a gorgeous part of the country that everyone should endeavor to see.

| Jan 27, 2025

The beauty of cinema is finding ourselves within it and creating our own story through our interpretations of events we’re seeing. “Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)” is simply a beautiful film in that exact regard.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 27, 2025

Much like the setting it depicts, Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is a quiet little gem with much more to it for people willing to take the time to look beneath the surface.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 27, 2025