n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Great uplifting movie - I loved it! Living in a landlocked country, I always like watching films about marine life. Judging from the script, the target audience of the film seemed to be kids; and in many ways this is certainly a family movie, with the young teenagers Sawyer and Hazel being the heroes of the story. Nonetheless, this is a very insightful film about dolphins and marine life, with some great underwater scenes. I also enjoyed the scene with Bethany Hamilton swimming with the dolphin - very uplifting and heartwarming stuff.

Tail-less dolphin Winter is threatened with being relocated when her long term companion Panama dies and, given the patronage she attracts, this means that the future of the Florida sea life rescue and hospital centre where she lives is under threat.This sequel to a 2011 family film features many returning cast members, and continues the gently dramatic story of the handicapped dolphin and the sea life centre where she lives. It is a pleasing film, if not especially surprising. I'm not particularly sentimental about animals, but there were a number of times when the film brought lumps to my throat. Returning director Charles Martin Smith cameos and also screenwrites. The performances serve the story well.I might be inclined to criticise on the basis of fictionalising except that real-life footage over the credits shows that the key events actually happened, and pretty much as portrayed (however, the dolphins playing the part of Hope vary greatly in size). Cozi Zuehlsdorff as Hazel was delightful in the original. She performs well here, but the film captures her at an awkward age where she has left cute childhood behind, but hasn't yet arrived at confident adulthood: she doesn't seem entirely comfortable in her body. I hope there will be a Dolphin Tale 3 in a couple of years and we will see her entering adulthood more happily.

Dolphin Tale 2 continues where the first Dolphin Tale film (2011) left off. This one is still set in the Clearwater Aquarium, a center for sick and disabled marine life. The central character is still Winter, the titular dolphin of the first film with the robotic tail. Winter became stressed and out of sorts when his companion Panama dies of old age. Regulations dictate that a female dolphin should have a female companion. However, this companion could NOT have a clean bill of health in order to fit the criteria of dolphins allowed to stay in the center. If such a companion cannot be found, Winter will have to be transferred.With the dolphin story so threadbare, we have to watch the kids Sawyer and Hazel undergo their own little subplots to fill the time. Sawyer had to decide whether he would accept a scholarship to attend a marine academy at sea. Hazel had her petty jealousy of a trainee getting close with Sawyer and her bratty arguments with her father. I had the feeling that this was actually a needless sequel. The first film told a compelling story of how the center had rehabilitated a disabled dolphin, and told it well. But this one really had trouble prolonging the action to fit a respectable running time for a feature film. A lot of the content felt like filler.

Just saw this with my movie theatre-working friend. We both enjoyed this true-life sequel about Winter's acting strangely especially after the death of a fellow dolphin early in the film. Since Hazel and Sawyer are a little older and practically young adults, there's a hint of a budding romance between them though the main focus is on Winter and another possible new playmate named Hope. All the cast from the previous one is back and Morgan Freeman's character is allowed to say some witty lines that my friend found funny while I was a little amused at them. Actor Charles Martin Smith is the writer/director and he appears as the guy telling the Harry Connick Jr. character he has 30 days to fix whatever violations he cited. In summary, Dolphin Tale 2 was pretty enjoyable for a true-life sequel.