Deep Sea (film)

Deep Sea is a 2023 Chinese 3D animated fantasy film, written and directed by Tian Xiaopeng who previously directed Monkey King: Hero Is Back, co-produced by October Media that his company and Coloroom Pictures.

Plot
A young girl explores a strange underwater environment. Shenxiu, a little girl whose parents were recently divorced goes on a sea trip with her new family. Still not having dealt with not having her mother around, she hears a hum similar to a song her mother used to sing and by following the sound she enters the fantastical Deep Sea Restaurant run by sea animals serving humanoid fishes.

Original voice cast

 * Su Xin (苏鑫) as Nanhe
 * Wang Tingwen (王亭文) as Shenxiu
 * Teng Kuixing
 * Yang Ting
 * Ji Jing (吉静)
 * Fang Taochen (方韬辰)
 * Dong Yi (董一)

Release
Deep Sea was scheduled for release on 22 January 2023 (Chinese New Year).

It was nominated for screening as part of Generation Kplus at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. And will be nominate for screening as Animation category at 36th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 26 critics' reviews for Deep Sea are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.