Creith, Matthew (November 12, 2022). "Denver Film Festival Review: 'The Whale' ". Out Front. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022 . Retrieved November 22, 2022. Co-star Hong Chau was nominated for best supporting actress for playing health care worker friend Liz, among other recognition this awards season. Ty Simpkins and Samantha Morton also star in the movie. Annual SCL Awards Held, Winners Announced". Society of Composers & Lyricists. February 15, 2023. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023 . Retrieved April 26, 2023. Nordyke, Kimberly (March 12, 2023). "Oscars: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023 . Retrieved March 13, 2023.

The Whale". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023 . Retrieved October 10, 2023. Five Nights at Freddy's' Gets a Streaming Release: Here's Where To Watch the New Horror Movie Online Anderson, Erik (January 17, 2023). "2022 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) winners". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023 . Retrieved January 18, 2023. Darren Aronofsky’s vapid, hammy and stagey movie, adapted by Samuel D Hunter from his own 2012 play, is the festival’s biggest and most surprising disappointment: the writing clunks; the narrative is contrived and unconvincing and the whole film has a strange pass-agg body language, as if it is handling its own painful subject matter with kid gloves and asking us to do the same.

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Canfield, David (August 31, 2022). "Inside Brendan Fraser's 'The Whale' Transformation: "I Wanted to Disappear" ". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022 . Retrieved August 31, 2022. Anderson, Erik (November 17, 2022). "Rihanna, Billy Eichner, Elvis, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio top Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) winners". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022 . Retrieved May 1, 2023.verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ Rife, Katie (December 10, 2022). "Darren Aronofsky's The Whale is an act of hate disguised as tough love". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022 . Retrieved December 12, 2022. Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote that the film is "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". [47] Mark Hanson of Slant Magazine felt that Aronofsky reins in his "typically ostentatious style", but that "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". [48] 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." [49] EDA Awards Winners". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023 . Retrieved February 5, 2023. At times, it feels like they had a list of difficult themes they wanted to include, which makes for an uneven experience. But we also can't deny the power of Fraser's performance, which some would argue is superior to the film. Full review in Spanish.