Friday, September 30, 2011

Dolphin Tale

Family
3 stars
Inspired by a true story, a cute film about a boy (Nathan Gamble) who convinces a doctor specializing in prosthetics (Morgan Freeman) to create a tail for an amputee dolphin. Ashley Judd stars as the boy’s mom, Harry Connick Jr. stars as the marine biologist and Winter the dolphin stars as herself - the real amputee on whom this story was inspired by. I thought the story of the young soldier was moving, but the actor was too cheesy to be taken seriously (Austin Stowell of Secret Life of the American Teenager). Some scenes are pretty goofy, but I really loved the scenes of the boy swimming with Winter and it was very moving when amputee vets and young children began to support Winter’s cause. A nice movie kids of all ages will be sure to love.

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