Review of The Whale

The Whale (2022)
8/10
Poignant
13 December 2022
It's rather interesting to see how Darren Aronofsky includes critical themes without even mentioning it in the plot or as dialogues. You enter into the life of Charlie (Brendan Fraser) who is currently reeling under pressure from his nurse due to his ill health caused by overating ultra processed food. This particular point of the cause of his obesity is never mentioned in the film as it proceeds to establish Charlie's character from his own as well of others' points of view. And by the end, you feel a lot of emotions barging in without your permission as you realize the virtues of companionship and fatherhood. It made my eyes wet.

(Watched at the International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum.)
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