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The Whale
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7.8A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Charlie
- Sadie Sink as Ellie
- Ty Simpkins as Thomas
- Hong Chau as Liz
- Samantha Morton as Mary
- Sathya Sridharan as Dan the Pizza Man
Themes
- depression
- nurse
- missionary
- idaho
- bible
- overweight man
- based on play or musical
- dying man
- obesity
- religion
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
281,700 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 51 wins & 124 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Darren Aronofsky
- Written by
- Samuel D. Hunter
- Based on
- The Whale , by Samuel D. Hunter
- Produced by
- Jeremy Dawson Ari Handel Darren Aronofsky
- Starring
- Brendan Fraser Sadie Sink Hong Chau Ty Simpkins Samantha Morton
- Cinematography
- Matthew Libatique
- Edited by
- Andrew Weisblum
- Music by
- Rob Simonsen
- Production companies
- A24 , Protozoa Pictures
- Distributed by
- A24
- Release dates
- September 4, 2022 ( 2022-09-04 ) ( Venice ) December 9, 2022 ( 2022-12-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- $57.6 million
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Official website
The Whale | A24
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Salvation in Christianity
- Director
- Darren Aronofsky
- Cast member
- Ty Simpkins
- Composer
- Rob Simonsen
- Cinematographer
- Matthew Libatique
- Narrative location
- Idaho panhandle
- Filming location
- Newburgh
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 160764
- Official website
- a24films.com/films/the-whale
Show 16 more facts
- title
- The Whale
- film editor
- Andrew Weisblum
- publication date
- 2023-02-16
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- Commons category
- The Whale (film)
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- capital cost
- 3000000
- attendance
- 22582
- box office
- 17233000
- review score
- 7.6/10
- different from
- Whale
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- apartment
- set in period
- 2016
- references work, tradition or theory
- Leaves of Grass
- quotes work
- Moby-Dick
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Encyclopedic overview
The Whale is a 2022 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play. The film stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton. The plot follows a morbidly obese, reclusive English teacher who tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter, whom he had abandoned eight years earlier. The film was shot from March 8 to April 7, 2021, in Newburgh, New York.
The Whale premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2022 and received a polarized response. Although critics lauded the acting, particularly Fraser, Chau and Sink, the film's portrayal of obesity-related struggles drew criticism. Notwithstanding, it was received with acclaim in the awards season. At the 95th Academy Awards ceremony, The Whale won the Oscars for Best Actor (Fraser), Best Makeup and Hairstyling and received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Chau. At the 76th British Academy Film Awards, the film was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Make Up & Hair, Best Supporting Actress (Chau) and Best Actor for Fraser's performance, who also received a nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama at the 80th Golden Globe Awards.
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