Simon Wincer directs Jason James Richter, Keiko and Michael Madsen in this kid’s animal movie about a foster kid who befriends a trapped whale at a failing aqua park.

A weird brew of anodyne and tough messaging. I was always going to be too jaded for this. Shares a dubious honour with The Shawshank Redemption and Carrie in that its most famous one-sheet poster was the ending of the movie.

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Perfect Double Bill: Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)

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