Olivia Cooke plays the perfect wide-eyed and hopeful visionary of a woman who continues to lie to herself to protect herself from loss. However, over time, we watch as Emma and Jude have to find acceptance and in turn, find a way to grieve without being undermined by someone else’s version of a shared tragedy. We witness how the beginning of tragedy creates a false premise of being the special case, isolating yet motivating. She could keep Jude and his memory alive, somehow. Emma became stubborn, refusing to believe that Jude’s diagnosis of NIA is the same NIA that affects the outer world. Jude’s progression into forgetfulness only serves to push Emma into further denial than give her time to find acceptance. Suddenly, Emma finds herself unable to sleep and attempting to research every night to find a possible solution.
How do you find acceptance when the person you love the most is destined to forget you? However, when Jude starts experiencing symptoms, both Emma and Jude are forced to grapple with its implications. It is a tragedy, but it is still someone else’s tragedy.
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At first, the two remain in a rather distant bubble from the rest of society’s panic, shying away from the strange occurrences of bus drivers suddenly leaving the bus mid-shift or car accidents happening left and right, or people wandering the streets without name or meaning. That is the subliminal mindset that motivates Emma and Jude to hold onto amidst the pandemonium caused by NIA. It’s easy to feel like the special case when tragedy strikes, even if a billion other people are sharing the same tragedy. Memory loss is the pandemonium in “Little Fish,” and it is specifically referred to as ‘NIA’ or ‘neuroinflammatory affliction.’ It is a narrative filled with constant fear and trepidation as Emma (Olivia Cooke) and Jude (Jack O’Connell) attempt to resist the consequences of the disease but ultimately fall victim to the same grief that exposes the fragile nature of humanity against a pandemic. Memory loss is an affliction that is plagued with tragedy, forcing individuals to live a life void of identity, origins, and familiar loved ones without even realizing the loss. A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
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