5/1/2023 0 Comments Dolphin talesGamble serves up such a remarkably unaffected performance that one almost feels like you're watching a chapter out of his life, while newcomer Cozi Zuehlsdorff exudes warmth and spirit as Hazel, a young girl who works with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium that helps to rehabilitate Winter. While Smith cares about the film's adults, it's clear that he's made the film with a focus on children and on making it for children.ĭolphin Tale is aided tremendously by its excellent cast, led by veteran child actor Nathan Gamble, who embodies early on Sawyer's sense of loneliness while giving the young man a sense of wild-eyed wonder as his bond with Winter grows ever deeper. So many of these family films do two things wrong - 1) They talk down to children, and 2) They try too hard to win over the adults. Part of the reason that kids will love the film most is simply that Smith has clearly constructed it with kids and the innocent at heart in mind. This film is a film that will play best with young people, who are likely to absolutely fall in love with Winter along with Rufus, a rather hilariously obnoxious pelican who gives the film many of its laughs. But, even the most hardened critic is going to have a really hard time truly bashing the film thanks to its excellent ensemble cast, inspirational messages and Karl Walter Lindenlaub's serene and incredibly effective camera work.ĭirector Charles Martin Smith is no stranger to animal-themed films, having starred in and co-written Never Cry Wolf and directed The Snow Walker, Air Bud and now Dolphin Tale. Centered around the friendship that develops between a lonely young boy named Sawyer (Nathan Gamble, Marley & Me) and Winter, Dolphin Tale is the kind of film that irritates many film critics with its unrelenting sentimentality and gooey goodness. Easily one of the most entertaining family films to come along so far in 2011, Dolphin Tale is nearly perfect in the way that director Charles Martin Smith weaves together a sort of a retro-styled family format with all the advantages of contemporary technology and, once again, 3-D imaging.īased upon the true story of Winter, a young dolphin who becomes severely injured in a crab trap and ends up losing her tail, Dolphin Tale may very well end up qualifying as Fall 2011's most inspiring and heartfelt family films with its themes of family, friendship, overcoming and perseverance.
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