BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

artpf Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old. What a surprise. Suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned, her grandmother Lucy, who doesn't want to be called grandma -- doesn't that explain Alyssa? -- at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. Some family.He studies dolphin communication at Smith's Point, on the Grand Bahama Island. James has not known of Alyssa's existence and is clueless about parenthood. Amazing.The women arrive at the same time that James may lose his research operation to a tourist attraction. Convenient. Father, daughter, dolphins, and town are on a collision course. Alyssa and James get encouragement from James's girlfriend and her father. It's the dolphins who can teach, and Alyssa who discovers how to listen.What a pitch. The film is just OK, but it's not surprising it made no money.

TxMike I suppose this one went directly to DVD and few saw it. I found a copy at my local public library. It is a very enjoyable 90 minutes of viewing. It doesn't break much new ground, but it does what it intends to do very well.It starts off in the US and Carly Schroeder as 14 year old Alyssa is having a rough time. Her mom died recently and she puts on too much makeup, has Ipod buds in her ear all day long, and is about to be suspended from school. She is being cared for by her grandmother, Katharine Ross (of 'The Graduate' fame) as Lucy, who breaks the news to her that she has a father. Mom had always told her that her father was dead, but in fact he lived in the Bahamas and was doing research with Dolphins.Naturally Alyssa isn't too happy about all these developments but she and her grandmother travel to the Bahamas anyway, to look up dad, who is Irishman Adrian Dunbar as Dr. James Hawk. He never knew he had a daughter. Christine Adams is Hawk's girlfriend Tamika, who with her friendly smile gets Alyssa to venture out a bit as they go Conch hunting. Alyssa very gradually warms up to this new environment, but her dad turns out to be a very difficult person.So the story is equally about Alyssa getting to feel good again about herself, and for she and her dad to create some sort of bond. It happens gradually and in a believable manner. Good, clean movie.SPOILERS: There are those who want to shut Hawk down, terming his research as "junk research", and instead turn the Dolphin habitat into a tourist attraction. The fight energizes Alyssa also, and in the end we see her taking a lead role, as she addresses a crowd of visitors, a place where they can interact with the Dolphins in a controlled environment and to learn from each other.

starzinurreyez "Eye of the Dolphin", with a title like that you would expect the film to be a cheesy family flick or sweet adventure for the little ones. Well, although it is a film a family can watch and enjoy together and has dolphins swimming around and jumping about in a beautiful location, cheesy and sweet are not words I would choose to describe this movie.Eye of the Dolphin is an eye opening, thoughtful, and engaging experience. With a lovely cast starring Carly Schroeder, your not so typical teenage girl. Granted young girls like make-up, boys, and talking but they are at a stage in their life where the slightest troubles and tragedies can throw their whole world askew into the dark abyss of adolescence. Although they are young they have an innate ability to relate and associate themselves with those who they find similar. And who better to do that than Alyssa, a troubled teen who has just lost her mother, is being expelled from school, and is forced to live in a new place where she knows no one especially the father she thought she didn't have.This film explores the nature of the father and daughter relationships. At a time that is the most difficult for the majority because it is at a period where dad and daughter are the most distant from each other. Coming from two completely different worlds where both suddenly have to discover new ways to relate and communicate. We are also given snippets of questions and ideas to ponder. How to stand up for what your passionate about. No matter how estranged, how important family is. What is valuable to a community? Where is the line drawn between science and spirituality?To add to all of this is the element of adventure Alyssa brings to the screen. Who wouldn't love the ability to communicate with animals and swim free in the wild with dolphins? There is also one last thing that ties this all together for the film, its beauty. Not only is it shot on location in the Bahamas but the cinematography is gorgeous. The colors draw you into the tropical and underwater world of Alyssa and Rosca her new dolphin friend.All in all this is a film that pleasantly surprises and succeeds on many levels. Most of all when you walk away you will say to yourself..."I wish I could swim with dolphins!"

R R Eye of the Dolphin is a good movie. Generally, when I watch animal movies my expectations are low (I wasn't especially impressed with Air Bud or any of its many sequels), but I decided to give this one a shot because I saw a trailer and thought that it had some cool underwater sequences. It turned out to be better than I had expected. There is so much natural beauty in the film and Eye of the Dolphin also kept my interest with character development and story line. It was good to see a little bit of "edgy" content in the film, perhaps I was expecting more of a "kiddie" movie but the main character, played by Carly Schroeder, depicts the stuggles of a modern teen girl well. Inevitably, some parts of the movie come across as being a bit cheesy, but the movie as a whole works and is definitely worth seeing. The dolphins are amazing and this film does an especially good job of showcasing some of what their superior echolocation allows them to do. Teenagers, environmentalists, animal lovers will enjoy this film.