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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 354563" data-attributes="member: 33">The Whale (2022)<img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ4Njg4YTctNGZkYi00NWU1LWI4OTYtNmNjOWMyMjI1NWYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA3MDk2NDg2._V1_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 369px" />My usual criticism of plays that have been remade as films is that they don&#039;t take enough advantage of the new medium by opening it up more from the limited confines of a stage. In The Whale, the entirety of the story is told within the flat of Charlie, played by Brandan Fraser, but here the limited locations enhances the storytelling by not allowing the viewer to stray beyond the walls of home in the same way that Charlie is imprisoned there by his morbid obesity. Charlie is a seriously overweight English teacher, who teaches his classes via zoom. He is terminally ill due to health issues brought on by his weight and he is trying to re-connect with his daughter before he dies. Brandan Fraser is truly amazing in this film, giving one of the best performances by a male actor in a film made in 2022. He conveys the sadness and vulnerability of his character impressively but the film is more than him, there are just 5 people in the cast and every one of them gives a powerful performance. It&#039;s easy to think this film is about a fat man dealing with being fat but that&#039;s not really that at all, it&#039;s more about how people deal with feeling guilty about something and blaming themselves for that and how they express their guilt. Each of the 5 characters in the film dealing with their own issues and often not doing it very well.&nbsp; An interesting and thought-provoking film.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 354563, member: 33"] [B]The Whale (2022)[/B] [IMG width="369px"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDQ4Njg4YTctNGZkYi00NWU1LWI4OTYtNmNjOWMyMjI1NWYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTA3MDk2NDg2._V1_.jpg[/IMG] My usual criticism of plays that have been remade as films is that they don't take enough advantage of the new medium by opening it up more from the limited confines of a stage. In [I]The Whale,[/I] the entirety of the story is told within the flat of Charlie, played by Brandan Fraser, but here the limited locations enhances the storytelling by not allowing the viewer to stray beyond the walls of home in the same way that Charlie is imprisoned there by his morbid obesity. Charlie is a seriously overweight English teacher, who teaches his classes via zoom. He is terminally ill due to health issues brought on by his weight and he is trying to re-connect with his daughter before he dies. Brandan Fraser is truly amazing in this film, giving one of the best performances by a male actor in a film made in 2022. He conveys the sadness and vulnerability of his character impressively but the film is more than him, there are just 5 people in the cast and every one of them gives a powerful performance. It's easy to think this film is about a fat man dealing with being fat but that's not really that at all, it's more about how people deal with feeling guilty about something and blaming themselves for that and how they express their guilt. Each of the 5 characters in the film dealing with their own issues and often not doing it very well. An interesting and thought-provoking film. [/QUOTE]

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