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Free Willy (1993)
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Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 10
Rotten:10
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Jesse, a homeless orphan who spends his days evading the police, finally gets caught spray painting a whale tank at a local park. Because he distrusts adults intensely, Jesse's not too happy when... Jesse, a homeless orphan who spends his days evading the police, finally gets caught spray painting a whale tank at a local park. Because he distrusts adults intensely, Jesse's not too happy when authorities place him in a foster home and sentence him to clean up the tank he vandalized. Unexpectedly, Willy, the whale who inhabits the tank, takes a liking to Jesse, and the animal and child develop a bond -- a bond that also helps Jesse open up to the adults in his life, including his new parents and the whale's caretakers. But then Jesse learns that Dial, who owns the park, only wants to keep Willy if he can be trained to perform for an audience. Can the boy find a way to save his beloved whale before Dial plays some dirty tricks of his own? [More]
Starring: Jason James Richter, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Madsen, August Schellenberg
Starring: Jason James Richter, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Madsen, August Schellenberg, Lori Petty
Director: Simon Wincer
Director: Simon Wincer
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Reviews for Free Willy
Free Willy focuses on the friendship between a troubled 12-year-old boy and an orca at an adventure park. It will appeal tremendously to all "friends of nature," a term coined by Albert Schweitzer.
...many adults will find it too blatantly manipulative, but all the same it is decent, lightweight, juvenile entertainment.
Michael Madsen as a "good guy" foster father? Lori Petty as a whale trainer? Who cast ths movie!?).
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