The Whale
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
- Released:
- Runtime: 117 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Samantha Morton, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Sathya Sridharan, Huck Milner, Ryan Heinke, Ryan Heinke, Huck Milner, Jacey Sink
- Director: Darren Aronofsky
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- edie_22032024 - 1 July 2024
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A Darren Aronofsky directed 2022 film, which is an adaptation of a stage play. It was made of a budget of just 3million US dollars.
The protagonist is a character who has morbid obesity, cast by Brendan Fraser, who impressed me since his performance in a 1992 film School Ties and a 2004 film Crash.
The production only shot limited outdoor site scenes while for the most part of sequences of film scenes, it is in protagonist Charlie's home where he has been shielding himself from the entire outside world.
I watched this film first time was in early of 2023, recently managed to watch again. Halfway through yet to finish, I generally feel the character of Charlie's daughter is a reminder of how mean and selfish child myself had ever been to my parents when I was that age, it has been really hard to watch for me, as if look into a mirror seeing a monster that is yourself, or whipped a door open in memory a morally distasteful clone of that 'me', standing right out there.
Those quarrels that I believe ever hurt my parents deeply, just like the character Ellie does to her father Charlie, it will be the only thing I would feel repentant most until the day my journey ends at this side.
Just while I am typing these words, I decided not to finish a second watching of the film, probably it is too much a short cut to remind me I already lost chance to make feeling remorseful meaningful, one of my parents passed away more than 12 years ago.
A film shakes me the hardest on a personal level. - JaneYork8178 - 4 May 2024
Brendan is the gem here
Brenden Fraser is incredible. His performance is so captivating, that it's worth watching him.
His daughter is too vile and hateful. She's so disgusting that her character absolutely RUINS this movie .
There's no justification for this character.
I know people who have been left by a parent , treated terribly by a parent , lost so much. Been actually abused - badly and NOT ONE were anywhere near as hateful as this girl.
Her mother is pathetic .
This story simply isn't credible .
The ending is really ridiculous.
I give it 7 bc Brendan Fraser deserves it.
The writing is bad So so so so so so bad.
