The Whale (2022 film)
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| Directed by | Darren Aronofsky |
| Screenplay by | Samuel D. Hunter |
| Based on | The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter |
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| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Edited by | Andrew Weisblum |
| Music by | Rob Simonsen |
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| Distributed by | A24 |
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Running time | 117 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million[2] |
| Box office | $24.4 million[3][4] |
The Whale is a 2022 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same name.[5] It stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton. In the film, a reclusive English teacher tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter.[6]
The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2022, and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 9, 2022, before a wide release on December 21, by A24. The movie polarized critics[7], though the cast's performances, particularly those of Fraser and Chau, were widely praised. For his performance, Fraser won Best Actor at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards, and earned nominations for Best Actor at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards, 76th British Academy Film Awards and 95th Academy Awards. The film was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Chau) and Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the latter, and received a nomination for the Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. The Whale has grossed $24 million against a budget of $3 million.
Plot
Charlie is a reclusive English professor who teaches online college writing courses but keeps his webcam switched off; he weighs almost 600 pounds and is ashamed of his weight, and is thus afraid to show his appearance to the students. Charlie is cared for by Liz, his nurse and only friend, who urges him to visit a hospital for severe risk of congestive heart failure, but refuses because he is worried that he would never be able to pay off the resulting debt. He is also visited by Thomas, who claims to be a New Life Church missionary who wants him to be saved. Charlie frequently orders pizza to which he and his delivery driver Dan follow a usual routine: Dan drops off the pizza and collects the cash payment in the mailbox without ever interacting with Charlie.
Charlie hopes to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter, Ellie, whom he has not seen in eight years. Charlie offers her the $120,000 in his bank account if she spends time with him without her mother's knowledge. Ellie agrees, once Charlie agrees to help rewrite her school essay, though she must also write in a notebook he provides.
Liz is disgruntled by Thomas' frequent visits and tells him that Charlie does not need saving. Liz reveals that she is the adopted daughter of New Life's head pastor, and Alan, Charlie's deceased lover whose death from suicide due to religious guilt caused Charlie to uncontrollably binge-eat, was her brother. Charlie never fully recovered from the loss. Despite Liz's objections, Thomas still believes his mission is to help Charlie.
When Charlie's health begins to decline, Liz brings him a wheelchair to make it easier for him to move around his apartment. One day, Ellie secretly slips sleeping pills into Charlie's sandwich. After he falls asleep, Thomas arrives and Ellie begins to question him while smoking marijuana. After initial hesitation, Thomas admits he felt unfulfilled, stole his youth group's money and ran away from his family and old mission in Iowa. Ellie secretly records his confession on her phone.
Liz brings Mary, Charlie's ex-wife and Ellie's mother, to visit and the truth about Ellie's secret meetings with her father is revealed. A heated exchange occurs where Charlie reveals the amount in his bank account. As Charlie had lied to her about not having money for healthcare, Liz angrily storms out, leaving Mary and Charlie alone to argue about the breakdown of their marriage and their failures as parents. As Mary leaves, Charlie tearfully admits he needs to know there is at least one act he did right in his life.
Charlie experiences a severe binge-eating episode after Dan glimpses him for the first time. He sends out a profanity-laden email to his students asking them to write something honest. Thomas visits Charlie one last time, informing him that he is moving back home after Ellie sent his confession to his former youth group and family. His family has dismissed the incident and is welcoming him home. Thomas attempts to proselytize Charlie but is chastised after he blames Alan's death on his homosexuality. In his next class, Charlie reveals he's being replaced and reads some of their candid responses. To reciprocate their honesty, he switches on his webcam for the first time; the students react with shock until Charlie throws his laptop against the fridge, ending the class.
Feeling guilty for abandoning him, Liz comforts Charlie as he nears death. Ellie storms into the apartment to confront him over his rewritten essay. Charlie reveals that he replaced her rewritten essay with a critical essay of Moby-Dick that she wrote in eighth grade as he considered it the most honest essay he's ever read. Ellie tearfully rebukes Charlie as he attempts to reconcile one final time. He asks her to read the essay to him. Ellie reluctantly reads the essay as Charlie stands up and attempts to walk toward her, something he had tried but failed to do during Ellie's first visit. As Ellie finishes, Charlie begins to float as he and Ellie are engulfed in a bright white light. The final shot is a memory of them on a family visit to the beach.
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Charlie, a reclusive and morbidly obese English teacher
- Sadie Sink as Ellie Sarsfield, Charlie's estranged daughter
- Jacey Sink as young Ellie
- Ty Simpkins as Thomas, a man who visits Charlie and claims to be a missionary
- Hong Chau as Liz, a nurse who is Charlie's only friend and looks after him
- Samantha Morton as Mary, Charlie's ex-wife and Ellie's mother
- Sathya Sridharan as Dan, a pizza delivery man
Production
Writing and casting
Aronofsky has said that he tried to get the film made for over a decade, but could not do it because he struggled to find the right actor to portray Charlie. After seeing portions of Fraser's performance in a trailer for Journey to the End of the Night (2006), he decided that Fraser could be a good choice.[8]
On January 11, 2021, it was announced that A24 had obtained global distribution rights to The Whale, directed by Aronofsky and starring Fraser.[9][10][11] Hong Chau, Sadie Sink, and Samantha Morton joined the cast in February,[12] followed by Ty Simpkins in March.[13] Sathya Sridharan joined the cast at an unknown date.[14]
At one point, the film was set to star James Corden with Tom Ford directing, but Ford left due to creative differences. George Clooney also briefly considered directing the film, but ultimately declined.[15]
Filming
Principal photography ran from March 8 to April 7, 2021, in Newburgh, New York. Post-production began later in April.[16][17]
For the role, Fraser spent four hours each day being fitted with prosthetics that weighed up to 300 lb (136 kg).[18] He also consulted with the Obesity Action Coalition and worked with a dance instructor for months before filming began in order to determine how his character would move with the excess weight.[18]
Release
The Whale had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2022, where it received a six-minute standing ovation.[19][20] It made its North American premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022.[21] It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 9, 2022, then expanded to wide release on December 21.[22][23]
The film was released for VOD platforms on February 21, 2023, with a Blu-ray and DVD release set for March 14, 2023.[24]
Reception
Box office
As of February 20, 2023[update], The Whale has grossed $16.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $7.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $24.4 million.[3][4]
The film grossed $1 million in its third weekend (expanding from six theaters to 603) and $1.6 million over the four-day Christmas frame, then $1.4 million in its fourth weekend.[25][26] It then expanded to 1,500 venues on the sixth week of its theatrical run and grossed $11 million domestically, somewhat temporarily breaking the ongoing trend of the general public losing interest in prestige films in a moviegoing environment altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. These results were attributed to the praise and awards buzz for Fraser's performance.[27] It dropped 20% domestically following the announcement of Fraser and Chau's Oscar nominations.[28]
Critical response
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 65% based on 308 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Held together by a killer Brendan Fraser, The Whale sings a song of empathy that will leave most viewers blubbering".[29] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 55 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[30]
The Whale received positive feedback at the Toronto International Film Festival, with particular praise for Fraser's, Chau's and Sink's performances.[31] When the film had a limited theatrical release, Variety reported that the reviews "have been polarizing, with others [than Variety's review] criticizing the film's portrayal of fat people".[32] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com praised Aronofsky's direction and Fraser's performance, writing that the "story is one of different levels of heartbreak and human misunderstanding" and "Aronofsky and Fraser have taken substantive risks, in the name of an insistent empathy".[33] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph, gave it a perfect five stars, writing: "Fraser seals his comeback in a sensational film of rare compassion."[34]
In his review, Variety chief film critic Owen Gleiberman called Fraser "slyer, subtler, more haunting than he has ever been", adding that he gives an "intensely lived-in and touching performance".[35] Matthew Creith of Out Front wrote: "The highlight of The Whale comes from an outstanding turn from Hong Chau, who gives a memorable performance in a vital role that balances Charlie's outlandish behavior."[36] Hannah Strong of Little White Lies praised Fraser and the "strong ensemble", highlighting Sink's "tricky role" in which she "captures the anger and sadness that comes from parental abandonment", and stating that while Aronofsky "isn't a particularly empathetic filmmaker" and The Whale is not without flaws, the film "reflects tenderly on shame, guilt, and the human impulse to care and be cared for".[37]
Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote that the film "meant to be a poignant consideration of guilt, sexuality, religion, remorse" but "we really only know that because the movie shouts it at us". He also criticized Fraser's performance as "lost".[38] Mark Hanson of Slant Magazine felt that Aronofsky reins in his "typically ostentatious style" but "considering how Libatique's camera leeringly treats Charlie as an unsightly object of pity throughout, it's difficult to deny the film's fatphobia, though its mawkishness is no less oppressive".[39] Katie Rife of Polygon wrote: "If you look at The Whale as a fable, its moral is that it's the responsibility of the abused to love and forgive their abusers. The movie thinks it's saying 'You don't understand; he's fat because he's suffering.' But it ends up saying 'You don't understand; we have to be cruel to fat people because we are suffering.' Aronofsky and Hunter's biblical metaphor aside, fat people didn't volunteer to serve as repositories for society's rage and contempt."[40]
Controversy
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The film has received criticism for its portrayal of a fat main character who is constantly shamed. TIME magazine explained the controversy, stating: "Some of the film's critics believe it perpetuates tired tropes of fat people as suffering, chronically depressed and binge eating."[41] On the podcast Don't Let This Flop, EJ Dickson said the film was met with criticism for its use of a prosthetic suit instead of casting an obese actor, with accusations that it "stigmatizes and mocks fat people".[42] On NPR's culture section, Jaclyn Diaz reported that this criticism extends to detractors calling the film's premise "inherently dehumanizing".[43]
Writing for The New York Times, Roxane Gay expressed her opinion that the film's empathy was only superficial and that the depiction of Charlie reinforced anti-fat stereotypes and preconceptions. She writes: "Mr. Aronofsky said proudly that Charlie's story was told with empathy. He seemed to think he was being sincere, but I was bewildered because an empathetic portrayal isn't at all what was conveyed onscreen. As I looked around the audience, I was struck by the fact that there were only four or so fat people in the audience and none on the stage."[44]
Director Darren Aronofsky responded to the controversy by defending the film saying the criticisms "make no sense". Aronofsky said that "actors have been using makeup since the beginning of acting—that's one of their tools. And the lengths we went to portray the realism of the makeup has never been done before", adding that "people with obesity are generally written as bad guys or as punch lines, we wanted to create a fully worked-out character who has bad parts about him and good parts about him". He said of fat people that "they get judged everywhere they go on the planet, by most people. This film shows that, like everyone, we are all human".[45]
Accolades
- ^ Tied with Austin Butler for Elvis
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