Eye of the Dolphin (2006/2008,
DVD, 103 minutes, Quantum Entertainment)
Boy meets girl, . . .
.
Boy meets, girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back again - the
theme of many many books and especially movies for teens and adults.
For children, the theme may be something like this: Kid has
a problem with his or her parents (or another kid or a teacher or a murder or
some other problem). Often it is the parents who ‘just don’t get it.’ A crisis occurs
and the kid solves the problem and teaches the parents a lesson so they change
for the better.
Eye of the Dolphin
Such is the story behind Eye
of the Dolphin. A troubled teen-age girl is sent to live with the father
she never met before, in the islands of the Bahamas. Father (named Hawk) is not
aware he has a daughter but he is also about to have his dolphin research
station shut down by the local government due to lack of funding.
The Dilemma
Can the girl and her marine biologist researcher father
reconcile with the help of the dolphins and can the dolphins be saved in turn?
How does the troubled teen turn around her life and that of so many others
while appearing onscreen in a different outfit in each scene?
“She found her voice
in the ocean. . . and within herself.”
Not a bad movie. Not bad at all. Good lessons and great
scenery (geological, human, and houses). The fabulous Katherine Ross is the
grandmother who delivers the teen to Father after Mother’s death.
Sequel: Beneath the Blue/Way of the Dolphin
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