Free Willy
By accident, a delinquent boy happens to know about the endangered killer white whale is about to being killed by the aquarium owners with the view to claiming his $1,000,000 insurance policy. He decided to save the whale, even if having to risk everything he has. Along with the friends, he has a plan to release Willy the whale into the water...
19 April 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 October 1963, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
12 February 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 June 1977, Plainview, Long Island, New York, USA
12 May 1948, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
7 March 1969, Cologne, Germany
March1932, USA
29 January 1980, Medford, Oregon, USA
18 February 1959, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
4 March 1957, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
1976 in Iceland
25 September 1958, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 September 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 June 1919, Detroit, Michigan, USA
25 July 1936, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
January 14, 2003
...many adults will find it too blatantly manipulative, but all the same it is decent, lightweight, juvenile entertainment.February 17, 2008
Save the whale! Still a good family film with a great Michael Jackson title song.May 26, 2004
Gooey pap that drowns in its own phoniness.January 11, 2003
Michael Madsen as a "good guy" foster father? Lori Petty as a whale trainer? Who cast ths movie!?).May 01, 2003
A good family picture that does not get too sweet; worth a look.December 15, 2010
A wayward boy befriends a moody killer whale.March 11, 2006
Good family flickFebruary 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.July 26, 2002
Inspiring environmental tale for the kiddie-set.July 08, 2005
Keiko sure knows how to jumpNovember 22, 2002
It's like Lassie with whales. Only siller.July 14, 2005
Schmaltzy.