Dolphin Tale is a heartwarming family film inspired by the true story of an adorable bottlenose dolphin named Winter, who was rescued by a young boy off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Sure, the story of a boy and his animal friend is a familiar -- if not dated -- trope, but it works reasonably well here thanks to the earnestness that director Charles Martin Smith brings to the project. He turns
Dolphin Tale into the kind of movie that gives “family friendly” a good name, and he does it without compromising the core of the real Winter’s experiences -- first surviving without a tail, then learning to use a prosthetic app...
Released:
2011
Rated:
PG
Length:
n/a