
Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. 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. The women arrive at the same time that James may lose his research operation to a tourist attraction. Father, d... (Full plot summary below)
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Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. 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. The women arrive at the same time that James may lose his research operation to a tourist attraction. 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.
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| Christian Science MonitorStephen HumphriesThis indie, a Flipper for tweens, boasts winning roles by Bogie and Bacall, a pair of dolphins. The human actors don't fare as well. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenEye of the Dolphin is much better than most films of this sort, and if it helps a generation of young girls want to grow up to swim with live dolphins rather than groom My Little Ponys, that's certainly not a bad thing at all. |
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettA beautiful Grand Bahama island setting and majestic sea creatures can't offset an inert script and lackluster acting. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere's real heart to be found in the story but it comes along with borderline saccharine sentimentality, a too facile ending, and clean outcomes that aren't earned. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceThe underwater parts of Eye of the Dolphin are kind of pretty. Unfortunately, the rest of this waterlogged drama is pretty ugly. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA lonely dolphin serves as a mediator in the reconciliation of a father and daughter who don't know how to connect with each other. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonThere's a pleasantly dreamy quality to much of Eye of the Dolphin, and that goes a long way toward enabling audiences to ignore the formulaic plot and enjoy the laid-back charms of this innocuous indie. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussThere are too many fishy family crises and too few fishlike mammals in this earnest 'Flipper' update, which soft-pedals its New Age agenda until a climactic speech that promises we can learn from our dolphin pals 'not just intellectually but spiritually.' |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansIf only the wooden acting moved with the fluidity of the underwater footage, the only bright spot in this clunky drama. |
| Chicago TribuneMaureen M. HartYoung audiences will enjoy her journey from surly to empowered, and as countless visitors to Brookfield Zoo can attest, there's nothing like watching dolphins. So a star for Schroeder and a star for the title players. |