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Free Willy: Escape From Pirate's Cove

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With help from her friends, an orphaned girl (Bindi Irwin) races to return a baby whale to the open sea.
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Kevin Carr 7M Pictures With any lower-budget, direct to video family film, you really don't go beyond a certain level of filmmaking quality, and this is the case with this movie. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 22, 2012 Full Review Brian Orndorf DVDTalk.com Perhaps the feature isn't an overwhelming display of scholastic integrity, but the little ideas add up here and there, hopefully instilling younger viewers with an appreciation for animal behavior. Rated: B- Mar 25, 2010 Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis It's hard to beat a little girl and a killer whale in any movie. Rated: 5/10 Mar 24, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Benjamin H At this point, we must assume Willy either loves captivity or he's an attention seeking whore. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/07/24 Full Review Audience Member The greatest 01 hour: and 42 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review andy h It reuses plot elements behind passable performances, but it still takes full advantage of bindi's adorable passion for wildlife in cheerful spirit. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member My kids love this movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Very pointless at this point why make another one with not the same characters Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/26/18 Full Review Audience Member Free Willy rebooted! I did not know there was a fourth 'Free Willy'. This is not exactly a follow-up. There's no connection between previous films and this, except the Orca named as Willy. They call it a reboot, but instead they should have turned it into a prequel. Because this storyline was very much like that kind. I'm not a big fan of this franchise, so I was not expecting anything big. One of the reason I watched it for our Steve Irwin's beloved daughter. This is her acting debute and she was quite good, though not the ideal one. She as Kirra lives alone with her single father and after he met with an accident, she was sent to her grandfather's in South Africa. The old man who runs a small seaside amusement park, Kirra does not find hard to get adjusted, not without initial dislike for him. But it was when she finds a baby Orca that trapped in the park's small lagoon. Since she begins to fight for its freedom, but has to go through many obstacles and in the end how the story end was told with a tiny twist. Not a bad film. Small cost film, a neat production. Nice performances too. Simple and predictable story, but would work well for little kids. Beautiful places, well, most of the film was shot in a single location, though it looked very nice. And the killer whale calf was a toy in most of the closer shots, as well in a few stunt sequences. Not a film for deliberately jump in to watch, but if you decide to watch, just keep away your grownup egos to enjoy it as a kid. Particularly for its message, to save the wild animals from human's captivity. 6/10 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis With help from her friends, an orphaned girl (Bindi Irwin) races to return a baby whale to the open sea.
Director
Will Geiger
Producer
David Wicht, John Stainton, Laura Lodin
Screenwriter
Cindy McCreery, Beau Bridges
Production Co
Film Afrika Worldwide, Fiction Film & Television Limited
Rating
PG (Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2010
Runtime
1h 42m
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