The Whale | Film Review
This year's Oscar nominees are a bit hazy now, but this was the one out of them all that I most wanted to see, so I'm really glad it came out on Prime Video. A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher (Brendan Fraser) tries to reconnect with his daughter (Sadie Sink). I don't know how I feel about this film yet. I definitely found it interesting, and enjoyed some of the ways it explored certain themes, but I don't think it was as impactful as it could have been. For a start, the exploration of the relationship between Charlie (Fraser) and Ellie (Sink) was really interesting to watch, but while this was set up to be the heart of the film, I didn't feel this until the end. I actually felt that the heart of the film was Charlie's relationship with his friend Liz (Hong Chau). The cast was amazing, and it is clear why Brendan Fraser won an Oscar for his role. The film touches on themes of loneliness, grief, family, abandonment, religion and so much more, but it neve...