
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.... (Full plot summary below)
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Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
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| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAn extraordinary, must-see examination of what humans do to killer whales so that these amazing creatures can become one more entertainment. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDirector Gabriela Cowperthwaite creates a fascinating character study of Tilikum, part of a revered species without a single confirmed kill of a human in the wild. Captivity is where Blackfish's evidence continually points the blame for Tilikum's deadly behavior. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisFor the most part, Cowperthwaite keeps the preachiness in check, letting the scientists, former SeaWorld trainers and other witnesses tell it as it is. Indeed, the scary training scenes - uniformly gripping - do most of the talking. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinIt’s true that the number of whales in captivity isn’t huge. But they’ve now become the mightiest symbols of our cultural hubris — of our inability to manage creatures we have the power to capture and imprison. It’s a metaphor for the ages. |
| VarietyJustin ChangRighteous, captivating and entirely successful as single-issue-focused documentaries go, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s film draws on startling video footage and testimonies from former orca trainers, building an authoritative argument on behalf of this majestic species. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaExpõe nossa cegueira para o fato de que o que julgávamos um show era basicamente uma cruel, imperdoável e longa tortura. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairAn absolutely heartbreaking documentary... |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDiana SaengerAlthough emotionally wrenching and not recommend for young children, 'Blackfish' helps us re-think our relationship with nature. |
| Birmingham Mail Graham YoungPuts 'killer whales' into wildlife and humanitarian perspective while giving you all of the dangerous action sequences you could possible want. Free Willy, it ain't. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawAs horribly gripping as a serial-killer thriller, though the real villain is not the ostensible culprit, but its human captors. |