title: Feed the Fish
text: # Feed the Fish
  
  Feed the Fish is a 2010 American independent comedy film written and directed by Michael Matzdorff and starring Tony Shalhoub, Ross Partridge and Katie Aselton. It is Matzdorff's directorial debut.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film follows Joe Peterson, a children's book author from California, who travels to Ellison Bay, Wisconsin with his friend J.P. to find inspiration for the belated follow up to his popular book, "Mr. Kitty Feeds the Fish." While there he befriends Axel Anderson and eventually falls for his granddaughter, Sif, much to the dismay of her father, the town's Sheriff.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Ross Partridge as Joe Peterson
  * Tony Shalhoub as Sheriff Andersen
  * Barry Corbin as Axel Andersen
  * Katie Aselton as Sif Andersen
  * Michael Chernus as J.P.
  * Vanessa Branch as Lorraine
  * Patrick Cavanaugh as Hamish the Paramedic
  * Michael Shalhoub as Dr. Koosa
  * Susan Shalhoub Larkin as Nurse H. Josephs
  
  ## Production
  
  The film was shot in Door County, Wisconsin.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Linda Cook of the Quad-City Times gave a positive review of the film, describing it as "a perfectly warm winter outing." Chris Foran of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel awarded the film two stars.
  
  