In order to save the whale from the conspiracy that held against him, as the marine's owner, makes his mind to kill the lovely whale, a young teenager boy who has been punished for the mess he causes by cleaning the marine, where he befriends the whale, does his best and scarifies his life to save the whale.
A good family picture that does not get too sweet; worth a look.
Kansas City Kansan
February 17, 2008
Save the whale! Still a good family film with a great Michael Jackson title song.
Filmcritic.com
January 11, 2003
Michael Madsen as a "good guy" foster father? Lori Petty as a whale trainer? Who cast ths movie!?).
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
May 26, 2004
Gooey pap that drowns in its own phoniness.
Movie Metropolis
January 14, 2003
...many adults will find it too blatantly manipulative, but all the same it is decent, lightweight, juvenile entertainment.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
July 14, 2005
Schmaltzy.
sbs.is
July 08, 2005
Keiko sure knows how to jump
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
July 26, 2002
Inspiring environmental tale for the kiddie-set.
Spirituality and Practice
February 06, 2003
Free Willy focuses on the friendship between a troubled 12-year-old boy and an orca at an adventure park. It will appeal tremendously to all "friends of nature," a term coined by Albert Schweitzer.
