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Blackfish

Blackfish

7,8 /10 (1,188 Votes)
2013 EN 83 min

Overview

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

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Release date

07/06/2013

Votes

1,188

Popularity

1.6

Never capture what you can't control.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

83 min

Revenue

$2,063,312

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Kenneth Axel Carlsson

2015-01-02

⭐ 4

This is a documentary about how humans keep orcas (killer whales) as pets to entertain at places such as SeaWorld. It is centered around one vicious attack by a killer whale named Tilikum, but actually takes us around the world as well as into the past. This is not the first attack on trainers, and if the movie is to be believed, probably not the last one, unless measures are being taken to prevent abuse of the killer whales. Abuse in this case, by the way, means basically using them as entertainment. Killer whales should be free. I admit it, these beasts scare the daylight out of me. Appar…

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j0ng

j0ng

2017-07-28

⭐ 9

Great documentary. I had known about Orca attacks in captivity before watching it, but this film really drove home the point. Free Willy!

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badelf

2023-06-08

⭐ 9

The dark side of Free Willy. Lately (mid-2023), there have been Orca attacks on boats in the Med. My theory is this: The Orcas are highly intelligent and have a fantastic communication system. The few who eventually were freed from SeaWorld got the word out to all the other Orcas in the world: "Humans are fucking assholes! Kill the humans!"

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