When people plead for movie theaters to once again be filled with mid-budget dramas and thrillers for adults, I'm not sure that the story of a guilt-riddled young man getting swallowed alive by a sperm whale is what they had in mind. But that's the movie we got with Whalefall, and it's the perfect answer to our big screen wishes. This is a movie that feels like something that would have been released 20 or 30 years ago, in that it's effective, character-driven, confidently made, and doesn't spend a single moment shying away from its earnestness or idiosyncrasies. It's the kind of thriller that both feels like a movie you'd catch during a cozy afternoon watching TNT on the couch with your dad, and something totally new that you haven't quite seen before.
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