The Whale (2022)
11/10/2022 (GB)
Drama
1h 57m
- 78% (4390 votes)
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Overview
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
- Darren AronofskyDirector
- Samuel D. HunterScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$55,101,305
Keywords
- depression
- nurse
- missionary
- idaho
- bible
- overweight man
- based on play or musical
- dying man
- obesity
- religion
- death of lover
- rebellious daughter
- recluse
- lgbt
- mourning
- eating disorder
- empathy
- teen anger
- english teacher
- abandonment
- alcoholic mother
- father daughter relationship
- homosexual father
- essay
- religious symbolism
- father daughter estrangement
- bitter
- complicated
- demeaning
- embarrassed
- morbidly obese
- binge eating
- queer loneliness
Top Billed Cast
Brendan Fraser
Charlie
Sadie Sink
Ellie
Ty Simpkins
Thomas
Hong Chau
Liz
Samantha Morton
Mary
Sathya Sridharan
Dan the Pizza Man
Jacey Sink
Young Ellie
Allison Altman
Young Mary (uncredited)
Lance Oppenheim
Julian (uncredited)
Grace Perkins
Maddie (uncredited)
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