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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995 · 95 min

A gentle, big-hearted family adventure with splashing rescues, earnest kids, and a soft environmental conscience.

Directed by
Dwight H. Little
Genres
Family, Adventure, Drama
Tagline
The adventure is back. The fun is back. Willy's back. And this time he's brought his whole family to meet an old friend ... and take on a new challenge.
Overview
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.

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Directed by
Dwight H. Little
Genres
Family, Adventure, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • found family
  • survival
  • grief
  • nature
Places
  • sea
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

In this series

Free Willy Collection

  1. Free WillyMovie · 1993
  2. Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeMovie · 1995 This title
  3. Free Willy 3: The RescueMovie · 1997

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Genres
family, adventure, drama, comedy
Directed by
Dwight H. Little
Written by
Corey Blechman, John Mattson, Karen Janszen
Starring
Jason James Richter, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Francis Capra, Mykelti Williamson, Elizabeth Peña
Music
Basil Poledouris
Cinematography
László Kovács
Runtime
95 min
Country
France, United States of America
Languages
Danish, Indonesian, Italian, English, Portuguese, Malay

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