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Dolphin Tale 2

Play trailer Poster for Dolphin Tale 2 PG Released Sep 12, 2014 1h 47m Kids & Family Drama Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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Several years have passed since Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) and the team at Clearwater Marine Hospital gave Winter the dolphin a prosthetic tail, thereby saving her life. Now however, a new crisis has arisen. Winter's elderly surrogate mother, Panama, has died, which leaves Winter without a pool mate. According to USDA regulations, dolphins cannot be housed alone; unless a new companion can be found quickly, Clearwater will lose Winter to another aquarium.
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Much like its predecessor, Dolphin Tale 2 offers animal antics and sweet, old-fashioned drama that the whole family can enjoy.

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Roxana Hadadi Punch Drunk Critics You know how this ends, right? Of course you know how this ends. So the point of the film isn't the foregone conclusion, but the journey, which is... bland. Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 9, 2017 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) It doesn't have the focus or splash of the original, but Charles Martin Smith's sequel winningly wears its heart on its sleeve and Winter plays herself to a crowd-pleasing tee. Rated: 3/5 Oct 5, 2014 Full Review Mike McCahill Guardian Mild fun ensues, but even the returning players can't divert us from all its narrative water-treading ... Rated: 2/5 Oct 2, 2014 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse The two F's are front and center-family and friends-along with lessons in determination and fighting for what you believe in. Good stuff all round, if a little ham-fisted in its presentation. Rated: 3/5 Feb 1, 2021 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com It's a good old-fashioned family film with animals you will adore, people you will enjoy, and a story that will make you feel better. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 6, 2020 Full Review Paula Fleri-Soler Times of Malta It is made up of equal parts sentimentality and some very warm-hearted animal moments without really offering anything new. Feb 27, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rodrigo C this is the memory of Winter the dolphin 2005-2021 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/02/23 Full Review robert p A worthy sequel to Dolphin's Tale though not as quite as good as the first movie, but in this case Hollywood made a right decision to make this film! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Já não é mais tão fofinho ver animais em cativeiros, dói, mas o filme é incrivelmente apaixonante, estou fascinada pelo pelicano Rufus, Cozi Zuehlsdorff uma fofurinha… Baseada na história da verdadeira Winter golfinho fêmea célebre por ter uma prótese de cauda, e a participação mais que especial Bethany Hamilton, que teve seu braço arrancado por um tubarão enquanto surfava e rendeu um emocionante filme, como este, lindo e sensível, sobre aceitação e inclusão... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the rare sequels that live up to the original. I have a feeling these movies will be much loved by my friends and family members. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Dolphin tale sucks don't get why anyone would want to watch it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Dolphin Tale 2 is a thoroughly run-of-the-mill family film that will never surprise any viewer over the age of 4. It continues the “inspired by a true” story of this dolphin with the prosthetic tail, but this time the problem is that her companion dies and dolphins can’t be kept in captivity alone. Of course the humans have their own crises to deal with as well, particularly young Sawyer (the protagonist of both films,) who has to decide if he can walk away from his home and work families in order to pursue further education. I found the movie ridiculously cliche, and it spoon-feeds every single plot point to you. It’s clear that the entire purpose was to make a film as wholesome as humanly possible so that the whole family can watch it. Even the young stars of the film are not allowed to kiss on camera, despite the fact that their romantic feelings are obviously implied throughout the film. It almost feels like one of those church-made movies, but without the heavy-handed Christian messaging. I was most surprised that they were able to get back the entire cast of the first film in order to keep the story going. Dolphin Tale 2 has the feel of a direct-to-video sequel that would just get the same kids and then recast the adults or explain away why the parents weren’t present. Yet they still had a fair number of scenes with Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Harry Connick Jr. In fact, one of the weird things was how they tried to shoehorn some of the tertiary characters from the first film into prominent roles in the sequel. For instance, Kyle (the older brother of our main character) suddenly works with the aquarium on some vital level, when he was a complete outsider originally. Despite all its blatant shortcomings, there is a strange warmth that I feel when watching a family film like Dolphin Tale 2. I am fully aware that it’s not a good movie, or a good story, and yet I still care about what will happen in a strange way. I think it makes me nostalgic for the kind of saccharine entertainment I would watch as a kid. I certainly wouldn’t call Dolphin Tale 2 a garbage film, because for its target audience it provides exactly what they are seeking. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/22/20 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Several years have passed since Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) and the team at Clearwater Marine Hospital gave Winter the dolphin a prosthetic tail, thereby saving her life. Now however, a new crisis has arisen. Winter's elderly surrogate mother, Panama, has died, which leaves Winter without a pool mate. According to USDA regulations, dolphins cannot be housed alone; unless a new companion can be found quickly, Clearwater will lose Winter to another aquarium.
Director
Charles Martin Smith
Producer
Broderick Johnson, Richard Ingber, Andrew A. Kosove, Steven P. Wegner
Screenwriter
Charles Martin Smith
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Alcon Entertainment
Rating
PG (Some Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre
Kids & Family, Drama, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$42.0M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Datasat
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