‘The Whale’ Review: Brendan Fraser is Sly and Moving as a Morbidly Obese Man, But Darren Aronofsky’s Film Is Hampered by Its Contrivances

The movie carries us along, tethering the audience to Fraser’s intensely lived-in and touching performance, yet the more it goes on the more its drama is interlaced with nagging contrivances, like the whole issue of why this father and daughter were ever so separated from each other. We learn that after Charlie and Ellie’s mother, Mary , were divorced, Mary got full custody and cut Charlie off from Ellie.

There’s one other major character, a lost young missionary for the New Life Church named Thomas, and though Ty Simpkins plays him appealingly, the way this cult-like church plays into the movie feels like one hard-to-swallow conceit too many. This matters a lot, because if we can’t totally buy what’s happening, we won’t be as moved by Charlie’s road to redemption. Near the end, there’s a very moving moment.

The language used in this review to talk about larger-sized people is dehumanizing and horrible. How in the world did this go to print as is?

This review is so incredibly fat phobic. Not even an attempt to hide it. Disgusting.

I wonder if you could have thrown a few more callous and offensive frames into this article.

Also put some MF respect on his NAME he definitely stole and should have a “Oscar” for Dead Poet Society! BrendanFraser

Wait, you mean better than Encino Man?

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