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- Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: With Kraus onboard as the co-writer of the film, it may be the case that Duffield was not given leeway to change the story of Whalefall too much. What might have worked in the book doesn’t seem to translate equally to the film, and while Jay’s nightmare in the whale is effective, the rest of his story doesn’t come across as successfully.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: As it turns out, spending an hour inside a whale actually gets pretty boring despite the exciting scene leading up to Jay’s ingestion along with a giant squid…gets completely lost at sea.
- [New] | Jason Flatt @ But Why Tho
- Excerpt: Whalefall is such a great survival thriller about surviving being swallowed by a whale; it’s a shame that everything else is so poor.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Proves you don’t need a lot of room to generate an enormous amount of suspense. It’s a whale of a tale!
- Josh Korngut @ Exclaim!
- Excerpt: Some familiar screenplay instincts hold Whalefall back from the masterpiece it occasionally threatens to become, but the film’s visual ingenuity and willingness to embrace its own absurdity are exceptional.
- Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Director Brian Duffield has filmed the unfilmable, making sperm whale interiors into a genuine feat of claustrophobic craft. Whalefall moves well, pains and crunches impressively, and gives Austin Abrams a hell of a physical showcase.
- Jacob Oller @ The A.V. Club
- Excerpt: Austin Abrams gets gobbled up by a whale, but the constant flashbacks to family drama undermines the gross survival story.
- Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It works as a tense and visceral survival story, starring an Austin Abrams who is currently at the top of his game (so far).
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