If you like great animation, toxic romance, university student montage, and a dragging plot where no one learns anything, please watch! My biggest annoyance with this film is that the arc did not allow for character growth or development. Josee remains rude and horrifying to be around. In fact, she hurts the main character twice with her thoughtlessness and his need to be her caretaker. There is no romance but a strange dependency between Josee and an empathetic boy with dreams that get ruined by a manipulative woman. There were no benefits for the boy to be in this relationship, no epiphany or growth from being with her. He's being used and abused. There were some contradictions-- he was denied last minute due to his accident to go to Mexico, so why does he still get to go? Also, Josee has no skills and has been declared an illustrator or artist (while her art is trash), and she will use this skill to be successful independently. Please, tell me, how? Anyway, it was cute, shallow, and irritating. I rolled my eyes often, hoping it would get better and they would learn something, but the ending was the same as the beginning.
Review of Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
