The Dark Hobby

Name: The Dark Hobby
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-05-21
Rating: 8.3

All the pretty fishes and the price paid to tank them.

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Tomatometer

8.3

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Storyline

The Hawai'ian Islands are ground zero for the aquarium trade who capture and traffic reef fish for hobbyists’ tanks, decimating the reef, ocean and earth’s oxygen. Native Hawai'ians, conservationists, scientists, aquarium fish collectors and breeders are locked in a controversy over the stunning “treasure of Hawai'i” – the ornamental fish.

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Details

DirectorPaula Fouce

ReleasedMay 21, 2021

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

5 fresh · 0 rotten

Sabrina McFarland

RTCommon Sense MediaJun 2, 2021

The Dark Hobby skillfully opens its door for discussion by shedding significant light on the relevant subject about the destruction and conservation of marine wildlife.

Richard von Busack

RTSF WeeklyMay 24, 2021

Paula Fouce' documentary exposes a savage problem lurking underneath one of the seemingly most benign of pastimes.

M.V. Moorhead

RTLess Hat, MoorheadMay 21, 2021

As with last year's My Octopus Teacher, the movie also makes the case that marine animals are not mindless beings driven only by instinct, but that they are self-aware, capable of pain and pleasure and curiosity and friendship.

Linda Cook

RTOurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)May 21, 2021

Sounds like a horror movie, doesn't it? It is - an all-too-real one.