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Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

2010 · 101 min

A gentle, sunlit animal-rescue adventure that coasts on earnest kid-and-whale bonding and mild peril rather than surprises.

Directed by
Will Geiger
Genres
Family, Adventure, Drama
Starring
Beau Bridges, Bindi Irwin, Matthew Dylan Roberts
Overview
After young Kirra leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy--and embarks on a great quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod.

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Directed by
Will Geiger
Genres
Family, Adventure, Drama
Starring
Beau Bridges, Bindi Irwin, Matthew Dylan Roberts
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • friendship
  • survival
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • sea
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

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family, adventure, drama
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
101 min
Country
South Africa, United States of America
Languages
English

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