What is this movie about? |
An orca trainer (Cotillard) who loses her legs above the knee in a whale accident, and then falls for a single dad/amateur MMA fighter. |
A foster child who befriends and liberates a whale. |
It's Jaws, but with a whale, and dumber. |
Does the movie have some kind of anthemic pop song? |
Yes! The whale attack is set to Katy Perry's "Firework," which also comes back later in the movie. |
The Michael Jackson song "Will You Be There." |
Nope! Unless you count the sad, sad whale cries. |
Wait, does the movie have sad, sad whale cries? |
No. |
Yes, actually, a lot. |
Yes, a lot, even more than Free Willy. |
Does this movie have anything to do with abused or neglected children? |
Yes. Stéphanie develops a relationship with Ali, who has a 5-year-old son that he only sort of cares for, when he's not busy ignoring, scolding, and endangering him. |
Yes, Jesse's mother abandoned him, which led to his life of petty crime and vandalism. |
No, unless we are counting tragic whale miscarriages. |
Is there a tragic whale miscarriage? |
No. |
A tragic whale miscarriage of justice, perhaps. Willy should be with his family! |
Yep! The whale that's attacking everyone is seeking vengeance on a fisherman who killed his whale-wife, strung her up by her tail, and then watched as she miscarried a whale fetus onto the deck of the boat and then used a hose to wash the fetus overboard. |
Is this movie really about learning to love? |
Yeah, kind of. |
Yes. |
Not at all. |
Does someone say "nice whale"? |
No. |
Yep. |
No. |
Is there punching? |
A lot. |
A little. |
A little. |
How about a sage Native American who magically knows more about whales than other people? |
No. |
Of course. |
Of course. |
Does anyone wear weird sweatpants? |
Yes, Stéphanie is recovering from a double amputation, and then she's fitted for prosthetic legs, so she wears a lot of loose-fitting, odd-print sweats and knitwear. |
Lori Petty plays Jesse's whale-training mentor, and she wears some bonkers sweatshorts at various points. Up to the ribs, down to the knee. |
Bo Derek dons sporty but not particularly weird actionwear. Did we mention Bo Derek is in this movie? The orca bites off her leg. |