The movie is sponsored and promoted by feel good groups,
churches, and independent media outlets.
It is a limited release feature with some high caliber names (Connick Jr
and Freeman) in the cast. They balance out for an entertaining movie.
Don’t go into this movie looking for too much. Just let it play out. It is totally predictable and appropriate for
all ages and walks-of-life. It will
cater to the elementary crowd as well as the family elders. It is a (true) story about a dolphin which
loses its tale due to man-made hazards.
The dolphin is fitted with a prosthetic tail as well as a new outlook on
life for itself as well the boy looking to nurse the dolphin back to health. At times I wish the dolphin (or I) had been
euthanized prior to the movie. Then the
realization about the target audience and purpose of the movie would return.
If you want to feel like you watched a Lifetime TV show or
an Oprah Book Club title made for the big screen, spend the money. If you want something more, wait for TV or
Redbox. It fails to rival other animal
movies like Old Yeller, Lassie, Free Willy, and so on. I can’t find many faults with the movie
other than mild entertainment for an hour and a half. I didn’t need to see the movie to get the
story and visuals in my head. “Dolphin
Tale” will only get 2 out of 5 Cyclones.
-CycloneMovies.com Critic
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