Dr Haskett (Connick Jr) has to contend with the growth of the aquatic mission, the roles of the young people who have a vested interest in the park and Winter’s welfare. He is a key figure at the popular animal rescue mission, but is wrestling with the proposal to go on a special oceanographical expedition. Drama also continues outside of the water, Sawyer Nelson (Gamble) has grown into a minor celebrity in the community. The drama begins when an unfortunate event occurs that puts the dolphin’s placement at the aquarium in jeopardy. Six years have progressed since the original tale, Winter the dolphin has become the primary draw-card for the tourist destination. Starring: Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr.Dolphin Tale 2 makes room for the next chapter of the lives of the original characters. And if it’s more about “teachable moments” than fun ones, at least “Dolphin Tale 2” will hold the interest of its youngest viewers while it teaches, which is all any parent can hope for from a kids’ film. Still, seeing what Winter can mean to a disabled child, the educational side of the story and the adorable animals make this every bit as child-friendly as the original. “I’ve got jars of peanut butter older’n you!” Freeman gets the few funny lines, which are all the same. There just isn’t enough for them all to do. Smith peoples the film with the same cast, including Kris Kristofferson as Hazel’s grandpa and Tom Nowicki as the aquarium’s benefactor. The government guidelines may be inconvenient (Smith plays the inspector who lays down the law), but the adults don’t question their necessity.Īnd the rescue and release scenes go to great pains to show how this delicate work is handled, how labor intensive it is and how rewarding it can be to return a dolphin or injured sea turtle to the wild.īut the life around the aquarium, with its cranky pelican (friend to the injured turtle) strains to be amusing. Harry Connick Jr., the no-nonsense aquarium director and father of Sawyer’s gal-pal Hazel (Cozi Zuehlsdorff), refuses to bend the mission to save Winter. Whatever else these films are, Smith, star of “Never Cry Wolf,” gets the righteous work of such aquariums right. Aquariums are required to pair up these very social animals as a provision of keeping them. “I pulled anchovies off PIZZAS that were bigger than that!”Īctor-director Charles Martin Smith built his follow-up story around Winter losing her companion dolphin. So “Dolphin Tale 2” feels, in its best moments, like little more than “Winter’s Greatest Hits.” The dolphin is in trouble again, the embattled aquarium faces the threat of losing custody of the dolphins it is rehabilitating, and Morgan Freeman shows up in the third act to complain about how tiny a baby dolphin they’re caring for is. You might have thought “Dolphin Tale,” the sleeper hit kids’ film of a few falls back, was a complete, compact and uplifting story that didn’t really need a second act.Ī fictionalized account of the true story of Winter, a badly injured dolphin rescued by the Clearwater (Fla.) Aquarium, and how a prosthetic tail was fabricated for her allowing her to swim and survive and inspire veterans, cancer survivors and accident victims of all ages with her pluck, “Dolphin Tale” covered all the bases.
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