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The Whale
He couldn't undo leaving. But he never stopped believing his daughter was good.
Who it's for
Charlie, a reclusive online English teacher, is grieving his partner Alan and is trying, as his health fails, to reconnect with the teenage daughter, Ellie, he left years earlier.
Feelings it meets
What it is
The Whale is a 2022 drama directed by Darren Aronofsky. Samuel D. Hunter adapted the screenplay from his 2012 play. Brendan Fraser plays Charlie, a reclusive English teacher who teaches online writing courses with his webcam off. His health is failing, and he tries to reconnect with his teenage daughter Ellie (Sadie Sink), whom he left eight years earlier.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A partner's suicide; binge eating.
Age: R (MPAA; Common Sense age not verified)
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
