A beautiful Grand Bahama island setting and majestic sea creatures can't offset an inert script and lackluster acting.
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10/22/07
Eye of the Dolphin (2007)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:5
Rotten:11
Average Rating:4.9/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 24, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Following her mother's death, 14-year-old Alyssa (Carly Schroeder) travels to the Bahamas to meet her estranged father, Hawk (Adrian Dunbar), in this heartwarming family film. It turns out, dad's a... [More]
Starring: Carly Schroeder, Adrian Dunbar, George Harris, Katharine Ross
Director: Michael D. Sellers
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Reviews for Eye of the Dolphin
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Drugs and drinking make waves in family drama.
10/22/07
There's a pleasantly dreamy quality to much of Eye of the Dolphin, and that goes a long way toward enabling audiences to ignore the formulaic plot and enjoy the laid-back charms of this innocuous indie.
08/27/07
Top CriticFor all its good intentions, Eye of the Dolphin is unsteady and amateurish, with its own problems in getting its message across.
08/24/07
Top Critic[An] unassuming, but sadly unexciting, family film.
08/24/07
There's real heart to be found in the story but it comes along with borderline saccharine sentimentality, a too facile ending, and clean outcomes that aren't earned.
08/24/07
Top CriticThe underwater parts of Eye of the Dolphin are kind of pretty. Unfortunately, the rest of this waterlogged drama is pretty ugly.
08/24/07
Eye of the Dolphin is much better than most films of this sort, and if it helps a generation of young girls want to grow up to swim with live dolphins rather than groom My Little Ponys, that's certainly not a bad thing at all.
08/24/07
A lonely dolphin serves as a mediator in the reconciliation of a father and daughter who don't know how to connect with each other.
08/24/07
There are too many fishy family crises and too few fishlike mammals in this earnest 'Flipper' update, which soft-pedals its New Age agenda until a climactic speech that promises we can learn from our dolphin pals 'not just intellectually but spiritually.'
08/24/07
This indie, a Flipper for tweens, boasts winning roles by Bogie and Bacall, a pair of dolphins. The human actors don't fare as well.
08/23/07
If only the wooden acting moved with the fluidity of the underwater footage, the only bright spot in this clunky drama.
08/23/07
As Eye of the Dolphin makes some jarringly contrived plot twists, a viewer can imagine writer/director/executive producer Michael Sellers listing his assets and pondering how to combine them for one movie.
08/23/07
Top CriticA limp coming-of-age tale set in the Bahamas.
08/23/07
For all its good intentions, this film is unsteady and amateurish, with its own problems getting its message across.
08/23/07
Top CriticCarly Schroeder is strong and the film's genuineness compensates for the 'after school special'-style script and production values, making it a pleasant, even uplifting film.
08/20/07
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