Free Willy (1993)

Siskel and Ebert 1993 Ratings (183 movies items)

"Split Vote Siskel: Down Ebert: Up"

Best Human and Animal Relationships Movies (22 movies items)

"Jesse Greenwood & Willy "

An average movie

“In my opinion, the problem with such flicks is how much slack should you give to a movie because it is a family feature? I mean, my step-son used to love it and have watched all the sequels, I presume, but does it mean it was actually any good? I don’t know, personally, I really had a hard time caring about the whole thing. Still, I have to admit, it was really successful when it was released and it became quickly a classic among family features. So, following this reputation, I think it was time to finally check it out. Unfortunately, since I'm not 12 years old anymore, I thought the whole thing was pretty tedious to watch. I mean, it is well made, harmless and still rather watchable but like most of Disney features, it was completely by the numbers. I mean, you have the poor beast whic” read more

Favorite Films of All Time (1999 Edition) (450 movies items)

"1998: 69 1997: 58 1996: 43 1995: 26 1994: 14 1993: 7 "

Nostalgia Critic's closing thoughts (45 movies items)

"There it is, Free Willy. What’s my take? Well, I can’t say it’s a terrible movie, but it’s not really that good. There’s very few little surprises in it, because we’ve seen this story a hundred times! We just haven’t seen it with a whale yet. But aside from that, it hits every note we’ve seen in every other movie with a kid and his pet! There’s really nothing different to it. So, why was this movie such a big hit? Because Michael Jackson did the song for it! That’s right, tha"

Songs I discovered from Movies or Shows* (65 movies items)

"Song: Will You Be There Artist: Michael Jackson "