Overview:
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.| Status: | Released (2022-12-09) |
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| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. 50 wins & 120 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $17,463,630 |
| Screen: | Samuel D. Hunter |
| Productions: | A24, Protozoa Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 18269: Brendan Fraser - Charlie
- 1590797: Sadie Sink - Ellie
- 17181: Ty Simpkins - Thomas
- 1360317: Hong Chau - Liz
- 2206: Samantha Morton - Mary
- 1377031: Sathya Sridharan - Dan the Pizza Man
- 2433620: Jacey Sink - Young Ellie
Crews
- 6431: Darren Aronofsky - Producer - Production
- 16836: Ari Handel - Producer - Production
- 1347758: Tyson Bidner - Executive Producer - Production
- 38805: Andrew Weisblum - Editor - Editing
- 1024910: Lindsay Graham Ahanonu - Casting - Production
- 5914: Mary Vernieu - Casting - Production
- 5670: Mark Friedberg - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
Manuel São Bento
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FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/the-whale-spoiler-free-review-lff-2022 "The Whale earns its place in the "most tearful films of the year" list as it moves slowly yet efficiently towards its overwhelmingly emotional ending, especially elevated by ....
Continue reading ->Nathan
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The Whale is a heart breaking story of our main character, Charlie (Brendon Fraser), as he tries to make amends for abandoning his daughter. Charlie is obese, an ailment that has manifested itself as a coping mechanism for a life of regret. In every scene and interaction this regret ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Yikes, but this second gay-themed outing for Brendan Fraser could hardly be more different from his 1998 "Gods and Monsters" one. Here his is the critically obese "Charlie" who has grown to a size where his health is in tatters and he has virtually no mobility as he regularly consume ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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I doubt I can add much more to what has already been said about <em>'The Whale'</em>, but in a word: Bravo! Brendan Fraser truly is sensational in this role. I heard about all the acclaim and seen a few of the standing ovations he has received and all I can say is that it is unequ ....
Continue reading ->Ahmetaslan27
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write something honest Any movie directed by Darren Aronofsky contains a lot of violent scenes that are unfamiliar and hard on the eyes to see. Darren Aronofsky is a director whose work must be eagerly awaited because one of his films, Requiem of Dream 2000, is one of my favorites ....
Continue reading ->Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
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**By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com** _This film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival_ When thinking about “The Whale,” I feel it’s important to start at the end rather than the beginning because the melodramatic finale almost ruins everything that’s g ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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At least partly because this movie was based on a play, most of the action takes place in one room. Of course, the nature of the character’s health issues makes it hard for him to move around, but I think the limited setting worked against the film. Maybe it is just my eyes getting o ....
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