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The Whale

The Whale

7.8/ 10

TMDB Rating

4,600

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2022

Release Year

117 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

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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Keywords

depression
nurse
missionary
idaho
bible
overweight man
based on play or musical
dying man
obesity
religion
death of lover
rebellious daughter
recluse
lgbt
eating disorder
empathy
teen anger
english teacher
abandonment
alcoholic mother
father daughter relationship
homosexual father
essay
religious symbolism
father daughter estrangement
complicated
demeaning
embarrassed
powerful
morbidly obese
binge eating
queer loneliness

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Reviews(5)

8.4avg rating
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Manuel São Bento

@msbreviews

October 15, 2022

8
8/10

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 the most subtly

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Nathan

Nathan

@TitanGusang

February 1, 2023

8
8/10

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 is worn by Charl

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 9, 2023

7
7/10

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 consumes two large pizz

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r96sk

r96sk

February 13, 2023

10
10/10

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 unequivocally deserve

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cracker13

March 19, 2023

9
9/10

I like this one. It really made me feel something.

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