Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

brosello My daughter wanted to see this movie when it came out, so we took her. It was God-awful. So much so that I was tempted to pinch my youngest child so she;d cry and we could leave. I have seen some bad movies, but I would rather watch them all at once instead of sitting through this movie again. The storyline is so out of line and the plot is very thin. Whatever you do, avoid this film like the plague.

ulrichburke OK, before I get laughed outta court having read the other reviews here - here's what this thing's main problem is - background/foreground interaction. Whoever did the backgrounds, INCLUDING the water, REALLY knew that animation package - they were superb. The problem IS - he should have been given control of ALL the animation including the foregrounds, the creatures were a leetle ropey. Their perspective was dodgy front-end on and you DID glimpse the waves THROUGH the baddie's mouth sometimes. And the mouth movements didn't quite keep up with the words but don't forget the English version's a redub. (That's not budget - they had the software - that's just sloppiness in using it.) So for sure it had techie issues. BUT.... I loved its song (honest!) I think there was room for a Group Sing at the end too. I loved its message - was at a low point when I watched it and the 'Follow Your Dream' message sure gave me a much-needed kick in the pants! Its audience was little kids and it wasn't QUITE engaging enough - again true - but techie issues aside I loved all the characters. I wish Daniel had kept his g/f, I'd've loved to see them surf that wave together even if they did part afterwards. But it's well worth its 6/10 for the guy who did the backgrounds. I felt every bit of heart he put into them, kudos to him, I hope he gets much more work outta it. I felt a lot - not all - of people put a lot of work/heart into that thing, if the WHOLE team had done - money men included - it would've been a winner. Remember the message. Remember the lovely water and gorgeous backgrounds. And it should've been called DANIEL - Story of a Dreamer (The Dolphin's too generic.) Missed opportunity - if you're being harsh, yes. I prefer to call it a slightly flawed pearl. But it's NOT the waste of space others are calling it, go along with it for the ride and you'll come out on the crest of Daniel's wave.Chris.

Fernando Benhumea I can't hold watching this rubbish more than 10 minutes, it is very awful, just see the animation, it seems to be made by a 15 years old person who recently learned how to use the 3d software, even my university third grade mates could make a better 3d film. This has to be thrown into the depths of the earth that can never be seen by anyone else. Really thanks god that i was alone when i saw this, and no children around me, if not, they would cry just to see the awful characters, the awful render, and the very awful dialogues. I preferred not finish watching, please never watch this. I usually do not write reviews but this deserves a very bad review because it is a very bad movie.

smcmurchy Cheesy!!! The story line could have been good but the language used is too difficult, the story is hard to follow, the animation is not well done. My three year old watches it because she likes sea creatures, and for some reason she doesn't find the scary parts all that scary, maybe that is because of how bad the movie is? It IS scary in many parts, scary looking creatures and nasty creatures too. I will never get back the time I've spent watching this movie, unfortunately. Just an awful movie. This movie could have been good. The whole idea of people trying to stomp on your dreams and encouraging someone to follow their dream no matter what--it is great, maybe the book was better but all this movie did was make me want to squish Daniel the Dolphin and hope that he got eaten by something so I could stop watching.