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- “The Whale” is an abhorrent film, but it also features excellent performances. It gawks at the grotesquerie of its central figure beneath the guise of sentimentality, but it also offers sharp exchanges between its characters that ring with bracing honesty.
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Dec 9, 2022 · 5 min read. “The Whale” is an abhorrent film, but it also features excellent performances. It gawks at the grotesquerie of its central figure beneath the guise of sentimentality, but it also offers sharp exchanges between its characters that ring with bracing honesty.
2 days ago · The Whale Ending, Explained: Is Charlie Dead? Aahana Swrup. October 31, 2024. Darren Aronofsky’s drama film ‘ The Whale’ presents the tragic story of a man’s dying days as he searches for atonement. Charlie, who struggles with chronic obesity, lives alone as a reclusive online English teacher. Apart from his friend, Liz, the man has no ...
Sep 4, 2022 · For a film that opens with a 40-stone man suffering chest spasms after masturbating to online pornography, The Whale turns out to be disappointingly stodgy and sentimental.
Aug 9, 2024 · The Whale's ending is devastating as it sees the end of Charlie's life. He tried reconnecting with his daughter Ellie, but it was always one-sided. Ellie was cruel to Charlie throughout the movie, but there is hope she could finally see in herself what Charlie did all those years.
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Dec 9, 2022 · Director Darren Aronofsky’s new drama is the kind that leans into relentless agony, demoralization, rage — and mostly within the confines of a single living room, the space where we watch a 600-pound teacher deteriorate emotionally and physically.
Sep 4, 2022 · Human agony of both the physical and emotional kind is a Darren Aronofsky staple, but The Whale, which is driven by shattering work from Brendan Fraser as a 600-pound teacher eating himself to...
Dec 9, 2022 · Heavy and depressing as The Whale is, Brendan Fraser’s captivating and powerful performance lifts your heart. The Whale is based on the play of the same name by Samuel D. Hunter, and if that’s...