![]() Clay has an obligation to release her back into the wild. There are other issues to consider: If the baby dolphin recovers completely, then Dr. If she doesn't like the baby interloper, she doesn't like her. But Winter is under no obligation to comply with the ridiculous needs of humans. Clay to make this friendship between dolphins happen, because Winter is a cash cow. The financial investors in the marina put pressure on Dr. She may die, or be moved to another facility. Will Winter accept her? Will the baby dolphin be freaked out by the prosthetic? If the "introduction" doesn't go well, then Winter's future is in jeopardy. An injured baby dolphin, found stranded and sunburned on a sandbar, has been brought to the marina, and the hope is that she can be introduced to Winter's tank. Dolphins are social animals and it is against USDA regulation to have a dolphin alone in a tank. (At the screening I went to, populated mostly by children under the age of 10, Rufus was a huge hit.) Even the feisty obnoxious pelican Rufus has returned, still terrorizing the visitors to the marina. Clay's father, Ashley Judd as Sawyer's mother, and Morgan Freeman as the thinking-outside-of-the-box prosthetic limb designer, Dr. Clay's daughter Hazel ( Cozi Zuehlsdorff) works at the marina too, and she and Sawyer are still good friends, but maybe puberty has brought something else to the surface. His bond with Winter has helped him understand what he wants to do with his life. Sawyer ( Nathan Gamble), the young shy boy who bonded with Winter in the first film, is now a teenager, and trains the volunteer staff at the marina. Winter is big business for the marina and financial decisions start to override the health and well-being of the animals. Release." Winter's success story helped make CMA famous and profitable, which we now see, in "Dolphin Tale 2" is a blessing and a curse. Clay Haskett (Harry Connick, Jr.) started the Clearwater Marine Aquarium with the motto: "Rescue. "Dolphin Tale 2" tries to do too much, with too many stories shoehorned in, but the overall effect is emotional and sweet.ĭr. "Dolphin Tale 2" cares about the right things: the details of marine rescue, the dedication of the individuals involved, and the lives and personalities of the animals under their care. The strengths of the first film are here as well. A sequel might seem unnecessary (except for the fact that "Dolphin Tale" was such a huge hit.) But Smith, who directed and wrote "Dolphin Tale 2", has assembled the same cast of characters (including the actual Winter, who plays herself in both movies), and has created another sensitive and well-observed story about life in the marina, human and animal. Director Charles Martin Smith told Winter's story with respect, warmth and care, soft-pedaling any impulse towards anthropomorphism. The tail allowed her to continue to flourish at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, whose dedicated team of marine biologists and animal rescue specialists devote their lives to helping injured marine life. " Dolphin Tale" told the extraordinary true story of Winter, a dolphin with an injured tail, saved by the groundbreaking use of a flexible prosthetic tail built to the contours of her body.
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