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Dolphin Tale
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2056
- IMDb #2760
- Google retired #562
- Rotten Tomatoes #1587
- Metacritic #2215
- Letterboxd #3363
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1963
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1670
- Metacritic Critics #2055
- Metacritic Audience #2557
- Criticker #2213
- Kinopoisk #836
- AlloCiné #1932
- Trakt #1662
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Lowest is Criticker on 44, highest is Google on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A lonely young boy finds an injured dolphin that has become entangled in a crab trap and lost its tail. He bonds with the animal, named Winter, at a marine hospital. With the help of a dedicated doctor and his cousin, a prosthetic specialist, they embark on an innovative mission to create a new tail for Winter. Their efforts to save the dolphin bring a community together and inspire people facing their own challenges.
Details
- Director
- Charles Martin Smith
- Writers
- Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi
- Studio
- Alcon Entertainment
- Released
- 22 September 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $37.0M
- Box office
- $95.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Young Artist Award 2011 | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor | Nathan Gamble | Nominee |
| Young Artist Award 2011 | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Cozi Zuehlsdorff | Nominee |
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2 awards — Dolphin Tale
×| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor | Nathan Gamble | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Cozi Zuehlsdorff | Nominee |