Whalefall

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Whalefall

PG-13

In Theaters Oct 16

1h 46m

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

Drama

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Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.

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Brian Duffield

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Austin Abrams

Jay Gardiner

Josh Brolin

Mitt Gardiner

Elisabeth Shue

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John Ortiz

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Jane Levy

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

3 hrs ago

4/5

Grumbling about convenient plot details in a movie in which a man is stuck inside a 30-tonne mammal feels like nitpicking. Your move, Jaws.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

8 hrs ago

Brian Duffield, who co-adapts the novel with Daniel Kraus, translates the white-knuckle intensity of an implausible scenario to screen with all of its emotional resonance intact.

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Odie Henderson

Boston Globe

10 hrs ago

2/4

All movies are manipulative in one way or another, but the script, by Kraus and director Brian Duffield, is so blatantly stalking your emotions that the dramatic scenes feel less believable than the scenes inside the whale.

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Anthony Morris

It's Better in the Dark

1 hr ago

3.5/5

There are some very effective scenes here, along with some touching moments. There are also a number of scenes that verge on the silly, even if this doesn't gloss over in any way the fact that being eaten alive is not a fun time

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Jim Schembri

jimschembri.com

1 hr ago

2.5/5

There's nothing wrong with all the eco-talk about how important whales are - with the story behind the film's title a sweet treat - but things would have worked better without all the internal yapping amidst the whale's squishing intestines.

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Matt Donato

Daily Dead

3 hrs ago

2.5/5

While I’m elated to see a batshit survival riff getting theatrical placement in a time when audiences have fewer and fewer chances to get cinematically weird, the experiment doesn’t quite translate.

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Synopsis

Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.

Director: Brian Duffield
Producer: Brian Grazer, Brian Duffield, Jeb Brody, Allan Mandelbaum
Screenwriter: Brian Duffield, Daniel Kraus
Distributor: 20th Century Studios
Production Co: Imagine Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Content|Bloody Images|Some Strong Language|Peril|Violent Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 16, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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