Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, |
| Director |
Darren Aronofsky |
| Screenplay | Samuel D. Hunter, from his play |
| Music | Rob Simonsen |
| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Editing | Andrew Weisblum |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Made in | 2022 |
| Produced by | A24, Protozoa Pictures |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None (sic) |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None (sic) |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for language, some drug use and sexual content. |
| Runtime | 117 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 15 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 51 critics | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 256 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  Held together by a killer Brendan Fraser, The Whale sings a song of empathy that will leave most viewers blubbering. | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey Anderson Compassionate, mature look at living with severe obesity. | 15 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy The performances are good across the board (especially from Fraser who should earn every male lead acting award this year) and the film certainly delivers an emotional wallop, particularly at the end. Not an easy watch but one worth seeing, | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 36 users | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 500+ users | 18 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 18 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 14 | |
Average .. 74% | 15 | |