There's No Fish Food in Heaven

1998
R
1h 32m

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4.3/10

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Fairuza Balk, Jeffrey Jones, Téa Leoni, Debi Mazar, Caroline Aaron, Patrick Dempsey, Udo Kier, James Le Gros, K. Todd Freeman, and Noah Taylor in There's No Fish Food in Heaven (1998)

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Mona wishes for her life to change - and it does; in a big way - only it gets worse. Mona's boyfriend, somewhat crazy, mails himself to her. When she opens the box with a pair of scissors, s... Read allMona wishes for her life to change - and it does; in a big way - only it gets worse. Mona's boyfriend, somewhat crazy, mails himself to her. When she opens the box with a pair of scissors, she accidentally kills him.Mona wishes for her life to change - and it does; in a big way - only it gets worse. Mona's boyfriend, somewhat crazy, mails himself to her. When she opens the box with a pair of scissors, she accidentally kills him.

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IMDb RATING

4.3/10

366

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

D.J.
(as James LeGros)

Udo Kier

Rocky

Caroline Aaron

Venessa

K. Todd Freeman

Stan…

Richard Gayler

Desk Sergeant

Tracy Vilar

Shirley

Madena Bennett

Bouncer

Bill Cusack

Cop #1
(as Billy Cusack)

Scott Burkholder

Cop #2

Christopher Grove

Cop at Pet Store
(as Chris Grove)

Josephine Messer

Little Girl

Joseph Benjamin Stewart

Sex Club Extra
(uncredited)

Director
- Eleanor Gaver
Writer
- Eleanor Gaver
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Mona's green triangle tattoo is a Nazi concentration camp symbol. Specifically, pink triangles were for homosexuals, red for political prisoners, blue for emigrants, black for the catch-all "asocial" prisoners, and green was for criminals. This is foreshadowing, since Mona does become a criminal.

Goofs
Blue Lips the goldfish clearly doesn't have his blue lips in scenes that aren't a closeup, such as when the boyfriend does an impromptu puppet show in the beginning.

Quotes
Mona: You know you make little noises when you eat?
Jeff: I do?
Mona: Yeah.
Jeff: Okay. Tell me when I do it again.
[Jeff makes the noise]
Mona: You just did it!
Jeff: Oh. Yeah, that's my little happy noise.
Mona: ...Your little happy noise?
Jeff: Yeah. It's my way of thanking the food.
Mona: Oh. So, maybe we should start seeing other people.

Connections
References Une fille à scandales (1995)

Soundtracks
Swingin' Hula Girl
Written by Mark Fontana and Tracy Welzig
Performed by The Blue Hawaiians

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Fairuza Is The Only Good Thing

Life in the fast lane or there's no fish food in heaven or whatever the hell you call it is about a frustrated artist Mona( Fairuza Balk). She has this boyfriend Jeff( Noah Taylor) who she has known forever and she doesn't really appreciate him. Suddenly Mona thinks she's going crazy because whenever she draws something, her painting really comes true. Suddenly she starts seeing this stranger who she cannot resist and has sex with him whenever she gets the chance too. Jeff wants to get Mona's attention again, so he puts himself in a box in front of Mona's doorstep. When Mona tries to open the box, she accidently stabs Jeff in the head and kills him. Now the spirit of Jeff follows Mona around everywhere and won't leave her alone unless she can find his body again. This wasn't really funny although it is considered a comedy, the only reason i even rented this movie was because of Fairuza Balk who I am in love with. I would give Life In The Fast Lane 5/10