LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Davis P This family oriented film starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Harry Connick Jr. is very tedious and BORINGGGG. Oh my goodness this movie had me close to full on napping. The pace is like a slow motion snail pace lol. I like the actors involved. Freeman, Judd, and Connick Jr. are all good actors and I admire their body of work, but this movie is so hopelessly dull that I just couldn't enjoy it for the life of me. The acting gets pretty cheesy at times and it almost seems like hallmark movie. I don't know I guess I wasn't the right kind of audience member for this film but I hated it from beginning to end. There was not a single time in the entire duration of the movie where I was honestly enjoying what I was watching. The script was too cheesy and hallmarky for me to take too seriously. The movie is very family friendly and it's suitable for family viewing but I would in no way shape or form recommend it for family or any viewing simply because of the incredible boredom I experienced while watching. There wasn't anything the filmmakers did to keep my attention at any point. 1/10 for Dolphin Tale. I have zero interest in seeing the sequel.

TheBlueHairedLawyer I'm sure you've heard of Flipper, Beethoven, Homeward Bound, Shiloh, etc. These types of films are rarely very good, and are often the story of a lonely child (multiple children on occasion) who find an animal they have adventures with. These films are popular with the "my dog is my fur-child" nonsense people, and with little kids. Dolphin Tale isn't much different, but it strays from the norm enough to excite kids.Sawyer is an 11-year-old boy who is lonely and sad that his beloved cousin Kyle is enrolling in the military. One day he meets a concerned fisherman who has found a bottlenose dolphin with an injured tail (caught in a crab trap), and the two call a rescue team and although Sawyer continues skipping classes to visit the dolphin, his mother notices his bad moods improving and permits him to continue visiting "Winter". Winter's tail has to be amputated but a prosthetic tail is built so Winter can properly swim. Sawyer also takes up volunteering at the local hospital. Meanwhile Kyle becomes depressed, and during a hurricane Winter may have to be euthanized. Can Sawyer save the dolphin from this fate? Dolphin Tale had some of those "so-fake-sweet-I'm-gonna-puke" moments, along with incredibly dorky moments, but it can hold an audience with its strange originality. The soundtrack wasn't very good but the acting was half-decent and the bottlenose dolphin was pretty cute. What some people may find interesting is that it was based on a true story. It also came out the same year as Soul Surfer, a film about a teenage girl who loses her arm to a shark attack. Most adults wouldn't be able to take this film seriously because it's so cheesy at times, but for kids and animal-lovers it could have quite a large audience.

utgard14 Heartwarming family movie that's very sweet and inspirational. If this movie doesn't make you smile, I feel sorry for you. Yes, it's predictable if you're an older viewer but that's not always a bad thing. It's based on a true story about this dolphin who loses her tail and the efforts to give her a prosthetic tail that might enable her to swim normally. They add some fictional elements to the movie for dramatic effect but nothing too corny. It's got a good cast and a good story with a lot of heart. The little girl Cozi Zuehlsdorff is especially adorable. It's a really nice movie with a hopeful message. It's a dolphin movie, people. Who doesn't like dolphins?

Andreapworth I had NO IDEA what to expect, other than it was about a hurt dolphin. As I am nuts about dolphins, I had hopes that it would be good. But I was GREAT. I had tears in my eyes at the end. The cast was all solid and good. And you couldn't see what solution they would find for the financial difficulties and when they did find a solution, you will be so happy and relieved.And maybe, like me, you will want to shout at the screen that dolphins aren't animals, but of the fish/aquatic family. OK, they have to breathe air. Does that make them animals? I don't think so. Whales also have to surface for air, but nobody calls THEM animals.Lovely, wonderful movie with an excellent cast. If you are like me, and grew up with Flipper, etc., you will enjoy it tremendously.