Dolphin Tale
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(Running time: 113 Minutes) Rated PG
Starring Harry Connick, Jr., Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson
This terrific film is inspired by a true story. Winter, the dolphin, washes up on the shore in Florida. A troubled young boy, Sawyer (Gamble), whose father abandoned him and his mother, helps with the rescue. He removed a rope from the dolphin’s mouth. Like all dolphins, Winter is smart, she remembers Sawyer. The boy forms a friendship with Hazel, a girl about his age whose father runs the marine hospital.
When the dolphin’s tail has to be amputated to save her life, the boy and the rescuers lose heart that she will be able to swim. But the folks at the Clearwater Marine Hospital cannot produce miracles, or can they? While Sawyer is finding his way back to life through working with the rescue group, his beloved older cousin, Kyle, a champion swimmer, goes into the Army where he is badly injured and cannot walk without a brace.
After meeting the man who designs and fits prosthetic devices who is helping Kyle, Sawyer recruits him to make one for Winter. After several unsuccessful tries, Winter is outfitted with a new tail that works, and her survival is guaranteed.
There are wonderful things about this movie on many different levels. Two families each missing one parent but bringing up their kids with courage and energy are well drawn. I was pleasantly surprised to find no romance here, the movie stuck to Winter’s story and when it did branch out, it encompassed the amazing things people can do with prosthetic devices. There are many people, including children, wearing these amazing inventions that help them return to normal lives. They are highlighted in the movie, so if those scenes will bother your children, this is not the movie for you. But otherwise, there is no violence, no bad language and no sex. Dolphin Tale is a feel-good movie perfect for kids eight and up and parents as well. I loved it.
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