The Whale

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Released Dec 21, 2022

1h 57m

Drama

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A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

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Critics Consensus

Held together by a killer Brendan Fraser, The Whale sings a song of empathy that will leave most viewers blubbering.

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Audience Says

With a heartbreaking story brought powerfully to life by Brendan Fraser's starring performance, The Whale's as hard to watch as it is to look away from.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

Charlie [is] played brilliantly by Brendan Fraser...

Jun 2, 2023

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Jenny Nulf

Austin Chronicle

There’s nothing consciously sinister about THE WHALE’s use of Charlie’s eating disorder (the original play was, in fact, written from experience), but Aronofsky’s adaptation is cruel, not just to Charlie’s character, but to all of them.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 21, 2023

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

It’s such a heavy-handed approach that The Whale’s extremity risks alienating the audience from the intention.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 6, 2023

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Brittany Patrice Witherspoon

Pop Culture Reviews

I am certain that as is, The Whale (the film), struggles to say anything meaningful about people and oversells the characterizations and the relationships in a way that doesn’t feel natural.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 26, 2024

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Yasmine Kandil

Discussing Film

...a project that, while certainly powerful at points, could have reached further heights if not for some very questionable calls.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 17, 2024

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Calum Cooper

In Their Own League

However unsubtle with its messaging, “The Whale” is a devastating ode to the complexity of human beings, and the inner beauty one can find behind even the most destructive of feelings towards self and others.

Jul 15, 2024

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Nick

Brendan Frasers performance is lives up to the hype.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/23

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Jim P

It was a great movie as far as the content.. We feel the language could have been cleaned up and it would have still been a great movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/28/23

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Andrea

Spectacular film that took us through a range of emotions for full depth of the human experience.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/23

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Leo

The 'Whale' was fabulous. Acting by alll characters was well done. Story line touching and deeply analyzes dysfunctional familly.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/23

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April

Im not sure how I feel about the movie. The actors were great but it was a depressing and hard to watch him eat.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/21/23

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Susie R

I really liked this movie, it was very moving at the end, had me in tears!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/20/23

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Synopsis

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Screenwriter: Samuel D. Hunter
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Protozoa Pictures
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2022, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.2M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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