Who in their right mind, after turning into a fish, would think "I'm going to use this power to assist the United States Navy.

The fuck did i just watch? You think it's gonna be a lighthearted comedy about a little fish and yet he has a higher body count than michael myers and jason voorhees! All joking aside i'm sure it was a fun little family movie in the 60's but if you didn't grow up with this, you're not gonna get much out of it now.

Fun fact this movie has jack weston in it who was also in 'wait until dark' the movie i recommend last film raffle.

Thanks for the recommendation.. i guess
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Don Knotts turns into a fish and helps the navy to fight dem nazis. Ok? It’s better than Patch Adams.

Why was this on TCM and why did I watch it?

41/100

Knotts does his best, but the film's wit pretty much begins and ends with the physical resemblance of his piscine animated form. Plus, the scenario doesn't play into his strengths—there's little panic or sputtering indignation, as the protagonist is overjoyed to be a fish and merely wants a chance to help out with the war effort. Any modern-day remake would need to be radically reconceived; glad Linklater came to his senses.

The whimsy of this movie CANNOT be understated. The fish action, the romantic intrigue, the literal Nazi takedowns... it’s one of the most bizarre movies that’s ever been greenlit.

It may be the best movie performance from Don Knotts we’ve ever seen, despite him being a fish the entire time. They really gave him lots of script to absolutely demolish, and he just chows down. The plot is all over the place, but it’s clearly meant to be almost WWII fan-fiction? Just a movie unlike any other. 

This is the wildest war propaganda movie that exists; prove me wrong.

I'm almost mad that this is secret Navy propaganda aimed at kids, but at the same time this is so fucking batshit that nazis is even a plot point in this film that I'm without words to take this even seriously.

Not good. Don Knots plays a frustrating bookkeeper who is not very happy as a fish-obsessed man and not a lot happier as a fish. Some gross sexism (the Marilyn Monroe parodying stereotype fish is just named Ladyfish), really weird war propaganda (holy hell does the Don Knots fish kill a lot of Nazis for a family friendly film) and flat animation are disappointing. Bonus points for the delightful Paul Frees voiced crab who speaks in a frankly ridiculous accent but it's so fun to imitate. Sadly, he ain't in it much. The ending is surprisingly sad. The whole movie feels like an extended fish-fetish riff on the Time Enough At Last episode of The Twilight Zone but somehow is more boring than weird.

Is there a fish variant of furries? If so this their Citizen Kane.

I decided to put this on in the background after seeing it pop up on TCM a countless number of times. It wasn't even worth that. I'm missing what's so incredible about Mr. Limpet. I thought the movie reached as natural a conclusion as possible at one point, only to realize there were 40 minutes left which mostly followed a completely inane Nazi plotline.

What a weird movie. Fish enthusiast becomes fish, meets a sex-starved lady fish who doesn’t have a name so he calls her Ladyfish, then he becomes a US Navy hero by helping them locate Nazi subs. It’s like if today we made a movie about an incel birdwatcher somehow becoming a pigeon, meeting a girl pigeon who only talks to him in come-ons and calls her Ladybird (hm) then helps the US military find Al-Qaeda. Don Knotts is a great choice for voice-over work and this is enjoyably bizarre at times but for the most part it’s fine being left at the bottom of the ocean.

(Positives: the technicolor was beautiful and the animation was pretty slick!)

Well, um...

This movie was...a little weird...

Honestly, I don't really have an opinion on it. That's why I'm not giving it a proper star rating.

All I have to say is, it exists

The whimsy of this movie CANNOT be understated. The fish action, the romantic intrigue, the literal Nazi takedowns... it’s one of the most bizarre movies that’s ever been greenlit.

It may be the best movie performance from Don Knotts we’ve ever seen, despite him being a fish the entire time. They really gave him lots of script to absolutely demolish, and he just chows down. The plot is all over the place, but it’s clearly meant to be almost WWII fan-fiction? Just a movie unlike any other. 

This is the wildest war propaganda movie that exists; prove me wrong.

BFnd memories of watching this with my brother.

If I were turned into a fish, I too would get super horny, join the navy to fight the Nazis, and then demand to be paid.

Also, crucially they thought about remaking this in the late '90s and... "Roughly $10 million was spent on animation tests to digitally map Carrey's motion-captured human face onto a fish's body, which produced disastrous results."

Release the Carey cut!

My mom really likes this movie. It's kinda meh.

Don Knotts as a cartoon fish.

bro what

+1/2 star because live-action with animation in it is underrated and should be done more often and they did an a'ight job with that

(watched while waiting for my mom to get her COVID-19 test results)

Is there a fish variant of furries? If so this their Citizen Kane.

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.

The combination of live action and animation in regards to a fish war effort during WWII was sure surreal. Don Knotts playing Henry Limpet who wishes to become a fish and later that wish is fulfilled.

I don't think I was intoxicated enough to enjoy this film. At least the animation was interesting...

Don Knotts as a nerd that turns into a talking fish that fights nazis... I, I feel like I'm on drugs watching this.

i wish, i wish i were a fish

Perhaps the only Don Knotts movie that expresses, however mildly, the out-of-step melancholy and sadness he must have felt in life.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.