Film Review – The Last Whale Singer

Most animated films follow formula, and “The Last Whale Singer” is no different. It’s a mixture of many other pictures, primarily following story and character elements from 1994’s “The Lion King,” leaving it up to writer/director Reza Memari to find a way to make a movie that’s engaging and lively, to help distance itself from its inherent derivativeness. “The Last Whale Singer” manages to slightly overcome its dramatic creakiness, providing younger viewers with a colorful study of oceanic adventuring that blends fantasy entanglements with real-world environmental horrors. Memari remains gentle with the endeavor, and he strives to do something within his budget animation parameters, generating an enjoyable feature that’s intermittently inspired and big-hearted, even getting semi-epic at times as the production manufactures a risky journey for the main characters and their hope to learn more about Earthly depths. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com