The Whale
critic Reviews
, 64% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Held together by a killer Brendan Fraser, The Whale sings a song of empathy that will leave most viewers blubbering.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreUdita JhunjhunwalaLivemint
Charlie [is] played brilliantly by Brendan Fraser...
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJenny NulfAustin 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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaNews.com.au
It’s such a heavy-handed approach that The Whale’s extremity risks alienating the audience from the intention.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
Its redeeming strength [is] the authentically knotty characters and the performances that inhabit them.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid StrattonThe Australian
The Whale is a moving, enveloping film that, while it very rarely departs from its stage origins, reaches the heights of emotional drama.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSandra HallSydney Morning Herald
The pace is so repetitive, and Charlie’s small cast of visitors keep bursting through the front door so regularly, that his sitting room comes to resemble a bus depot at peak hour.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristian EulinbergInSession Film
If I were to describe this film in one word, it would be melancholy; it is practically flawless, at least in my opinion, and conveys the notion that people are inherently kind...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDamon WiseDeadline Hollywood Daily
If you didn’t know that The Whale was based on a play, you’d work it out pretty quickly... The immediate distance that this initially creates soon evaporates, however, in no small part thanks to Fraser’s all-in performance.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreFarah ChededA Good Movie To Watch
If it’s as sincere as it purports to be, this is one of the worst movies of recent years, and if it’s not — which is almost preferable — then it’s a landmark exercise in trolling.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePaul KanieskiKSQD Community Radio
A morbidly obese man racked with self-loathing makes a desperate eleventh-hour attempt to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter in the overstuffed but worthwhile drama, The Whale.
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