Un solitario profesor de inglés que vive con obesidad severa intenta reconectarse con su distanciada hija adolescente para tener una última oportunidad de redención.Un solitario profesor de inglés que vive con obesidad severa intenta reconectarse con su distanciada hija adolescente para tener una última oportunidad de redención.Un solitario profesor de inglés que vive con obesidad severa intenta reconectarse con su distanciada hija adolescente para tener una última oportunidad de redención.
- Ganó 2 premios Óscar
- 50 premios y 120 nominaciones en total
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- CuriosidadesFor the role, Brendan Fraser had to don a heavy prosthetic suit that he wore for hours. According to a piece in "Variety", he told members of the media in attendance at the Venice International Film Festival, "I developed muscles I did not know I had. I even felt a sense of vertigo at the end of the day when all the appliances were removed. It was like stepping off the dock onto a boat in Venice, that undulating. It gave me appreciation for those whose bodies are similar. You need to be an incredibly strong person, mentally and physically, to inhabit that physical being."
- PifiasCharlie nicks his skin when shaving but the cut disappears in the next shots.
- ConexionesFeatured in Projector @ LFF: The Whale (2022)
Reseña destacada
A welcome Whale of a comeback for the beloved Brendan Fraser.
Let me start by saying I've been a fan of Fraser since seeing Encino Man as a kid and this guy will always be one of my favorites. To see him somehow thrown out of Hollywood/not casted for the most part for the past decade was very frustrating for me. It was about time someone gave him another chance which Aronofsky and A24 did and it proved successful mainly because of Brendan's dedicated and emotional performance.
The film itself is quite less pretentious and more honest than most of A24 films to date . It also has more of a down to earth straight forward delivery than most of Aronofsky's perplexing work. Honestly with the subject matter it needed to be and relies mostly on pure emotion and struggle which is shown masterfully by Fraser.
There have been a lot of preconceived outraged overreactions and ridiculous assumptions based on the fact that Fraser is wearing a fat suit/getting prosthetics to appear as a morbidly obese person. I don't see why this is a problem mainly due to the fact this is a film made to entertain and to do so sometimes you wear things or makeup to alter looks. It would be difficult to cast a real life person off the street and have them pour their real emotions out on screen. I don't see that being easy.
Also this is so much deeper than the looks of Fraser in the film and that's the true intention and power of this piece. People must see this raw and moving performance from Brendan and it's sure to cause a stir. This is the due Renaissance and comeback for Mr. Fraser. Oscar should be coming his way.
The film itself is quite less pretentious and more honest than most of A24 films to date . It also has more of a down to earth straight forward delivery than most of Aronofsky's perplexing work. Honestly with the subject matter it needed to be and relies mostly on pure emotion and struggle which is shown masterfully by Fraser.
There have been a lot of preconceived outraged overreactions and ridiculous assumptions based on the fact that Fraser is wearing a fat suit/getting prosthetics to appear as a morbidly obese person. I don't see why this is a problem mainly due to the fact this is a film made to entertain and to do so sometimes you wear things or makeup to alter looks. It would be difficult to cast a real life person off the street and have them pour their real emotions out on screen. I don't see that being easy.
Also this is so much deeper than the looks of Fraser in the film and that's the true intention and power of this piece. People must see this raw and moving performance from Brendan and it's sure to cause a stir. This is the due Renaissance and comeback for Mr. Fraser. Oscar should be coming his way.
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- tresm87
- 10 sept 2022
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- Presupuesto
- 10.000.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 17.463.630 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 332.152 US$
- 11 dic 2022
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 57.615.635 US$
- Duración1 hora 57 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.33 : 1
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