Dolphin Tale 2

Dolphin Tale 2 is about the opposite of what Hollywood would call “high concept.” Nothing big happens at the Clearwater Marine Hospital, but lots of little stuff keeps going on: a rescued sea turtle, a dolphin emergency, a belligerent pelican, a college invitation. Morgan Freeman shows up to help Harry Connick Jr. and Ashley Judd a little, but the kids (Nathan Gamble and Cozi Zuehlsdorff) are the main characters as they alternately fret and get excited about the hospital’s troubles.

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Not much is cut in the ClearPlayed version – a religious exclamation or two, maybe some images– because Dolphin Tale 2 was made with families in mind. It was rated PG, perhaps for some intense scenes, and it tends toward sentimentality, but most young kids should get a kick out of the animal adventures.

“Is this Dolphin Tale tall enough?...”

Much of Dolphin Tale 2 feels like slice-of-life behavior, like this is what it would be like to really be at the animal hospital – so much so that I wondered why it wasn’t just a documentary instead of a feature film. In fact, the closing montage made up of documentary footage was one of my favorite parts of the movie. The acting isn’t spectacular, but there are a couple of very moving scenes, and the movie certainly has its heart in the right place.?

Marty Nabhan~ClearPlay Marine Biologist

Rated PG for some mild thematic elements; 107 mins; Directed By Charles Martin Smith