![]() The movie, based and adapted from the off-Broadway play of the same name by Samuel D. They all need something from this well-meaning but broken man - spiritual, medical or familial. Stationary and wheezing on his couch, Charlie is repeatedly visited by a constellation of people - a friendly nurse, his teenage daughter and a young missionary from an apocalyptical church. ![]() “The Whale” is not always pleasant to watch but the payoff and performances make it an astounding film. He's an optimist and a fierce believer in truth even though there is nothing in his world reinforcing either. We meet him on Monday and the film goes day by day to Friday.Ĭharlie is a gentle giant, not raging at his fast approaching demise. As his health woes mount and his life expectancy is put at just a week, Charlie struggles to reacquaint himself with his estranged daughter. ![]() Look closely, though, and he's the one with a soul as light as a feather.Ĭharlie is a reclusive, morbidly obese English literature teacher unable and unwilling to stop eating himself to death. The center of gravity of “The Whale” is obviously the 600-pound man at its center. ![]()
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