“Flipper” is an innocuous family film about a boy who forms a friendship with a dolphin whom he names Flipper, while on vacation in Florida. Director-screenwriter Alan Shapiro kept the film on an even keel, with what may be a formula storyline that is predictable but entertaining in a gentle way. It is based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which spawned the television series of 1964-1967, which many of us remember.
It stars Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood, who would go on to star in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy (2001-2003). They have good chemistry here as father and son. Co-stars Jessica Wesson, Jonathan Banks, Isaac Hayes, Chelsea Field, Jason Fuchs, and Luke Halpin. The watchable “Flipper” was not too terrible successful at the box office for Universal Pictures.
Flipper (1996)
cinema
My Review
“Flipper” is an innocuous family film about a boy who forms a friendship with a dolphin whom he names Flipper, while on vacation in Florida. Director-screenwriter Alan Shapiro kept the film on an even keel, with what may be a formula storyline that is predictable but entertaining in a gentle way. It is based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which spawned the television series of 1964-1967, which many of us remember.
It stars Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood, who would go on to star in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy (2001-2003). They have good chemistry here as father and son. Co-stars Jessica Wesson, Jonathan Banks, Isaac Hayes, Chelsea Field, Jason Fuchs, and Luke Halpin. The watchable “Flipper” was not too terrible successful at the box office for Universal Pictures.