Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Cast: Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson
Time: 112 minutes
Sawyer Nelson is an 11-year-old
boy who has been having a hard time with his life ever since his father left
his family. Now, his only friend, his college-age cousin, leaves for the army,
also leaving him behind. On his way to summer school, to make up for his
failing grades, Sawyer comes upon a bottlenose dolphin stuck in a crab cage on a
Florida shore. The young boy slowly gets more and more involved in the care of
that dolphin, by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, and in the development of a prosthetic
tail for the crippled mammal.
This film is based on a book and on the true story of a dolphin called Winter, who was rescued in Florida. Usually, I find these movies sappy, but the good acting by the ensemble cast and the compelling story touched me. I might be getting old, but the cuteness touched my heart. I really enjoyed this film.
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