I agree with alot of what has already been said about this movie. The performances by Brendan and Sadie were fantastic, as well as the nurse, who I have seen in other shows and liked her. This movie makes you feel alot of things, mostly disgust, sadness, curiosity, unbelief...........etc. I would have like to see more of what made him become so gigantic, what kind of love or relationship makes you want to do that to yourself if you lose it ?? I cant fathom that kind of depth of sadness. It has to be your personality and mental state of mind to completely ruin your life over someone that died. It is very haunting story and the performance by Brendan was Oscar worthy but the movie is lacking more back story and insight into why he became that way IMO. Overall a good watch and cautionary tale for people with eating disorders to get a hold of yourself and get help ! Food is an addiction that no one wants to really know about. I know from personal experience of knowing someone close to me that this movie is realistic and his mannerisms are realistic for someone that big. It is hard to move around and forget about bending over. (and the claw grabber thing!) it is very tragic, and most likely he didnt realize what he was doing and it just escalated into something so big it is hard to come down from that.
Review of The Whale
