The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer 720p - (2009 Lang: English)

Fantastic Movie with Great Humor

I originally bought this movie for $1 at a Blockbuster sale, thinking "Oh, hey, what could be better than the story of a dolphin with a dream?" After watching it with my friends, we realized the answer to that was NOTHING. NOTHING IS BETTER THAN THE STORY OF DANIEL Alexander DOLPHIN.

Although the first part of the movie drones on and on about stupid clichés, it starts getting good once Sparky appears. I mean, who doesn't love fart humor? His side comment of "Those are my stinky friends" had us on the floor dying of laughter.

The epitome of the comedy of this movie was when Daniel finallyyyy decided to listen to the Voice of the Ocean and leave the Lagoon. After saying his full name in every single sentence, the leader dolphin (who was so cleverly named Leader) yelled after Daniel that he was making a mistake, but Daniel ignored him and jumped over the cove to achieve his dream of surfing as the entire dolphin community watched him leave. Then, just in case you missed it, Leader turned to his followers and said "Someone has broken the law today... (wait for it)... It was Daniel." AS IF THEY WEREN'T ALL GATHERED AROUND HIM YELLING "DANIEL DON'T" "DON'T DO IT DANIEL" "WHAT ARE YOU DOING DANIEL" AND DIDN'T SEE HIM DRAMATICALLY LEAP THROUGH THE AIR TO LEAVE.

But the greatest character in this whole show is Carl, the squid who tagged along on Daniel's journey to go after his dream and fulfill the prophecy. He was great as the comic relief (as if the film really needed a comic relief)! All I have to say is Carl is the man.

Also, the Fly Daniel Dolphin Fly song was a nice touch and I hope to add it as my ringtone or possibly a ringback tone so that others can enjoy the cinematic genius that is "The Dolphin."

All in all, I cannot stop raving to everyone I know about this superb film. All of my friends loved it! Well, apart from the one who sat in the corner banging her head against the wall and threatening suicide.

This movie had lovely animation and beautiful colors. It was really not as bad as many of the other posters have written. The plot is too complex for young viewers and it has some very, very scary moments--so it is not appropriate for children under 9 or 10 I'd say. It has some pretty good points about following dreams, not being afraid to stand up for what was right (courage), not being a blind follower, etc. If you have another good choice for family night that is age appropriate for young children, perhaps you should choose it. However, the animators and actors were on the right track here and just need to really work on the writing. I was not sure if these were biblical allusions in the movie (Lucifer was the big monstrous fish, I guess?)

Pretty good movie. A bit too long, and a bit too scary, and in great need of a better script, but it has a lot of potential and you can use it to teach the kids about sea animals.

I know this is a kid movie, and I technically am a kid, however not as young as the intended audience, but me and my 15 year old friend loved this movie, it had us in tears laughing. We had originally put it on just as background noise, but we ended up watching the whole thing. We love the characters, the graphics were very smooth and bright. We saw the dubbed over English version, so watching the mouths was enjoyable as well. As for the storyline, it's a little over the top, but it's a kids movie, what do you expect... Hamlet??? We then showed it to my little siblings (10, 12 and 7)and they were all laughing as well. It takes a little concentration to fully grasp everything, but little kids, I think, will enjoy the bright colors, outlandish characters and the hilarious moments!!! In short, great visuals, great humor, it kept me and my friend entertained and we had ADD!!! :) Have a Nice Day, Everyone.