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Summary: summery, tropical feel, good instrumental
Review: A feel good CD with decent instrumental. Nice to play on a dark wintery daywinter.
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Summary: You'll flip over Flipper (hahaha)
Review: Flipper is a good kid movie. Elijah Wood stars as the sulky teenager, Sandy, doomed to spend a boring summer on a remote island with his Uncle Porter (Paul Hogan). If you're looking for a movie that is the same as the t.v. series, you won't find it here. This movie is very modern and also very good. You'll fall in love with the adorable Sandy (Wood) and his loyal dolphin Flipper. The plot gets kinda cheesy when Sandy almost gets eaten by shark and is luckily saved by his best buddy, Flipper. But overlooking that breif moment of cheese, the movie is really quite excellent. Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan are supurb.
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Summary: Good movie overall
Review: Granted, I'm a big Paul Hogan fan and like just about anything that he's in, but this was a pretty good movie. Flipper doesn't really have much to do with it, it revolves mostly around Sandy (Elijah Wood). Paul's a likable guy but acts kinda stupid and keeps needing to be corrected by Sandy and his girlfriend that he's had forever but doesn't want to marry. Don't compare it to the tv show either..that was made like 40 years ago. This is in a more modern style.
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Summary: Decent Family Flick!
Review: Highly entertaining if you are under eleven years of age and a lover of dolphins, eminently tolerable if you are not- Flipper is one of the more enjoyable family films of recent years. Based on the highly successful 60s TV series it is the story of a teenager who befriends a dolphin while spending the summer with his uncle on the Florida Keys. The script is patchy constantly flitting between some potentially cringe worthy dialogue and moments of quirky comedic brilliance. For a film purporting to be centred on a dolphin as the title suggests we see precious little of the creature. The underwater shots of wildlife are uninspiring and some viewers will probably find their finger hovering over the fast forward button of their remote more than once as the film unfolds. Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood are the strongest elements of an otherwise pedestrian cast and of the two it is Wood who ultimately manages to carry the movie. His Sandy is engaging and utterly charming and you have to love his lingo which boasts such gems as 'gotta jet man-here comes the hippy' and the 'we've been smoking up a storm...' dialogue-both delivered in a manner that renders them absolutely priceless! For such a young actor (15) he manages Sandy's transition from a sulky, rebellious brat to a much more caring individual with incredible ease. And that is the thing most admirable about Wood in this film- the fact he delivers the script's more stilted and sentimental lines and sequences with a naturalism that makes his job look so damn easy! Hogan as the salty Uncle Porter is less impressive on the whole but nonetheless conjures several memorable moments. Hogan's screen presence is as great as ever and he seems quite at home in this role producing a relaxed and smooth performance. His characteristic deadpan delivery is used to great effect in this film and his on screen rapport with Wood produces some of the best scenes in 'Flipper'. On the down side the rest of the cast offer relatively stilted performances, which inevitably damage the pace of the film. It is also let down by the absence of a decent storyline, opting instead for the traditional clichés that have plagued these sort of films.
In short if you want a positive and amusing family film to watch with your child 'Flipper' is as good a choice as any. And if you do happen to find your attention waning towards the end you can always occupy yourself with trying to make out what the pieces of text on Sandy's t-shirts say!
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Summary: A Family feel good movie!
Review: I believe this one was overlooked when it came out. The only thing is Uncle Porter (Paul Hogan)has gotta get some other food besides all those cans of Spagetti-O's. If you are a Paul Hogan fan then you will enjoy this film. I am ready to visit Uncle Porter just so i can enjoy the beach and ocean. LOL Good Movie!
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Summary: A Reivew
Review: I didn't see the movie, but I did read the book, and it was a good book, so I give this movie (that I didn't see, except for the book, I read 3 stars.
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Summary: Not much like the Tv show, but still a great movie
Review: I know that "Flipper" is only averaging 3 stars because a lot of poople don't like it much because it's not anything like the Tv show. I grew up watching Flipper the Tv show and it was always one of my favorites, but I still have to say that this movie is a good movie even if it's not all that much inspired by the Tv show. The main theme between the Tv show and the movie are basically the same, both are mainly about the story of a boy befriended by a dolphin named Flipper. However, there are a few differences. In this movie, there's not a Bud character, there's only Sandy, unlike the show. Also, Flipper won't be saving anything or anybody in this movie. In "Flipper" the movie, Sandy (Elijah Wood) has to stay a summer with his uncle, Porter (Paul Hogan), although he doesn't want to and he doesn't even know his uncle. Sandy doesn't exactly get along with his uncle that lives mainly off of Spaghetti O's at first. If it wasn't for Sandy befriending Flipper, there's no telling what would've happened. Flipper befriends Sandy, which leads to Sandy making more friends including Kim (Jessica Wesson), Sandy getting along better with his uncle, and even some adventures and misadventures along the way. Even though "Flipper" isn't much like the old Tv classic, I still thought that this was a great movie. It has its drama throughout and it even has a few adventurous parts such as an encounter with a hammerhead shark and busting some criminals. It also has good underwater photography and pretty good acting. I recommend anybody who used to watch Flipper the Tv show or anyone who likes dolphins or just likes good movies to get "Flipper."
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Summary: Not much like the Tv show, but still a great movie
Review: I know that "Flipper" is only averaging 3 stars because a lot of poople don't like it much because it's not anything like the Tv show. I grew up watching Flipper the Tv show and it was always one of my favorites, but I still have to say that this movie is a good movie even if it's not all that much inspired by the Tv show. The main theme between the Tv show and the movie are basically the same, both are mainly about the story of a boy befriended by a dolphin named Flipper. However, there are a few differences. In this movie, there's not a Bud character, there's only Sandy, unlike the show. Also, Flipper won't be saving anything or anybody in this movie. In "Flipper" the movie, Sandy (Elijah Wood) has to stay a summer with his uncle, Porter (Paul Hogan), although he doesn't want to and he doesn't even know his uncle. Sandy doesn't exactly get along with his uncle that lives mainly off of Spaghetti O's at first. If it wasn't for Sandy befriending Flipper, there's no telling what would've happened. Flipper befriends Sandy, which leads to Sandy making more friends including Kim (Jessica Wesson), Sandy getting along better with his uncle, and even some adventures and misadventures along the way. Even though "Flipper" isn't much like the old Tv classic, I still thought that this was a great movie. It has its drama throughout and it even has a few adventurous parts such as an encounter with a hammerhead shark and busting some criminals. It also has good underwater photography and pretty good acting. I recommend anybody who used to watch Flipper the Tv show or anyone who likes dolphins or just likes good movies to get "Flipper."
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Summary: the best movie ever!
Review: I loved this movie! It was so cool.I also love dolphins,I think there the coolest animal created! This movie was great because there were parts that made me cry and parts that made me laugh it was so cool! I did some research on FLIPPER and I no that his real name is Jake and that he is at Dolphin Encounters and that you can swim with him. Next spring break my family and my friends family are going down to the Bahamas and staying at the Atlantis Resort and then we are going to go to Dolphin Encounters and swim with Flipper(Jake) and the two other dolphins who appeard in the movie. Well I just really loved your movie and if you make a newer one if you need a actress be happy to ask me I will definitely be happy to be apart of the new movie!!!!
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Summary: Great Flick
Review: I originally bought this movie for my 9-year-old daughter who is a huge fan of both dolphins and Elijah Wood. I didn't expect, however, that the entire family would enjoy it as much as we did! The story was interesting, suspensful and heart-warming. The acting was good -- not cheesy at all (as was another reviewer's opinion). The only complaint I had was the occasional (and unecessary) profanity ... which from what I could tell would be the only reason for it's PG rating. Otherwise this a great movie for the entire family and I would highly recommend it.
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