Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
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36% of critics liked it
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52% of users liked it
(68,306 ratings)
Two unlikely friends -- a boy and a killer whale -- are reunited under potentially dangerous circumstances in this sequel to the successful family adventure Free Willy. Jesse (Jason James Richter) has finally found stability and contentment with his foster parents Glen and Annie Greenwood (Michael… More Two unlikely friends -- a boy and a killer whale -- are reunited under potentially dangerous circumstances in this sequel to the successful family adventure Free Willy. Jesse (Jason James Richter) has finally found stability and contentment with his foster parents Glen and Annie Greenwood (Michael Madsen and Jayne Atkinson), but he is confronted with a new emotional challenge when his birth mother (a drug addict who abandoned him when he was young) dies, and his troubled half brother Elvis (Francis Capra) comes to live with the Greenwoods. Jesse also deals with new feelings when he develops a serious crush on Nadine (Mary Kate Schellhardt), the goddaughter of Randolph (August Schellenberg), an animal trainer at the theme park where Jesse helps out. But a much bigger problem is on the horizon when the safety of Willy, the killer whale he befriended and helped return to the wild, is threatened. An oil spill spoils the ocean environment where Willy and his family now live, and an unscrupulous owner of an oceanarium, Wilcox (M. Emmet Walsh), attempts to capture Willie and put him back into captivity as a performing attraction. While Free Willy featured Keiko, a trained whale who (ironically) was living in captivity when the film was shot, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home instead utilized mechanical models and digital animation to bring "Willy" to life. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Dwight H. Little, Dwight Little
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- Jul 21, 1995 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
As with most unnecessary sequels, FW2 takes a similar plot -- reunited during a camping trip, Jesse saves Willy and vice versa -- and spreads it thinner, like watered-down tartar sauce.
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Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media
This rote sequel will thrill Willy fans.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Fine family entertainment laced with ecological ideas.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
More boy. More whale. More sequel.
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Cast
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Jason James Richter
as Jesse
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August Schellenberg
as Randolph Johnson
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Michael Madsen
as Glen Greenwood
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Jayne Atkinson
as Annie Greenwood
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Mary Kate Schellhardt
as Nadine
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Francis Capra
as Elvis
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Doug Ballard
as Veterinarian
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Jeff Brooks
as Protester
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June Christopher
as Veterinarian
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John Considine
as Commander Blake
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John Harms
as Protester
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Stephen Kahan
as Captain Nilson
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Joan Lunden
as Herself
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Marguerite Moreau
as Julie
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Elizabeth Peña
as Dr. Kate Haley
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Edward J. Rosen
as Environmental Man
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Al Sapienza
as Engineer
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Jon Tenney
as John Milner
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Paul Tuerpé
as Milner's Assistant
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Basil Wallace
as Reporter
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M. Emmet Walsh
as Wilcox
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Mykelti Williamson
as Dwight Mercer
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Susan Brooks
as Protester
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Julie Inouye
as Reporter
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Wally Dalton
as Engineer
- Neal Matarazzo
