The Whale

Review Of The Whale: Diabolizes Obesity

The Whale Rating: ** ½ As a warning on obesity,The Whale stacks the odds against the protagonist so high that he almost drowns in the drama of grotesquerie that assails our senses.Brendan Fraser, not quite a thin reed of a man himself, jumps into his character Charlie ‘s body suit with an earnestness that goes a long way in giving the film its tone and tinge of time-ticking immediacy. Charlie is a ticking timebomb. His weight can trigger off a heart failure any moment. His nurse and companion Liz(Hong Chau) seems t | Click Here...