Stuck in the muck
Film critic Jason Evans has made it his mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies faster than you can hold your breath. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (because 99 leave you wanting more, but 101 is just plain wordy). Here is his 100-word review of Whalefall.
The Premise: Austin
Abrams (Weapons, Resident Evil) plays Jay, a young college student who comes
home after his father, Mitt (Josh Brolin) has died falling overboard from a
fishing boat. Mitt and Jay had a troubled relationship but Jay vows to find his
father’s remains by searching for them in the ocean. However, the mission turns
deadly when Jay is accidentally swallowed by a huge sperm whale. Jay must use the
years of training from his father to figure out how to get out of the belly of
the beast before his oxygen runs out. The films is based on a best-selling
book.
The 100-words:
This script bit off more than it could chew (get it?). It wants to turn the
whale into Jay’s father and have them develop a new understanding for each
other. I never connected with that theme and was rolling my eyes most of the
time. What worked in the book, doesn’t on the screen. Abrams spends most of the
movie inside the whale’s stomach, being crushed and digested. It was gross and
not very thrilling. The effects are strong and it really feels like you are in
the stomach, but we need more than that to make a good movie.
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