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Free Willy 3: The Rescue

1997 · 86 min

A gentle, earnest family adventure with mild peril, a clear moral, and a heartwarming animal bond at its center.

Directed by
Sam Pillsbury
Genres
Family, Adventure
Tagline
A new friend. A new threat. A new adventure that will capture your heart.
Overview
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse.

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Directed by
Sam Pillsbury
Genres
Family, Adventure
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 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
  • survival
  • coming-of-age
  • redemption
  • nature
Places
  • sea
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

In this series

Free Willy Collection

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

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