The Whale movie review: Brendan Fraser comeback is grossly manipulative to an effective degree
1 year, 11 months ago

The Whale movie review: Brendan Fraser comeback is grossly manipulative to an effective degree

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy First seen masturbating as he watches online porn, Charlie, the main character in The Whale, isn’t just morbidly obese; he is a lumbering leviathan of a man, so immensely fat that he can barely manoeuvre himself off his couch, let alone leave his apartment. The title of the film refers not just to his shape, but to an essay written by a disgruntled kid, dissing Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby Dick. Aronofsky goes so far out of his way to portray Charlie in the early scenes as a repulsive bum that it’s inevitable the character’s better qualities will soon emerge.

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Brendan Fraser's The Whale is a bold and scathing expose of the American life
1 year, 9 months ago

Brendan Fraser's The Whale is a bold and scathing expose of the American life

India Today  

While receiving the Oscar statuette at the 95th Academy Awards last month for his leading role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, actor Brendan Fraser acknowledged, amidst all the emotional gratefulness, that the film he was being awarded for was a bold one. For, in the story of the morbidly obese Charlie, who is looking to reconcile with his estranged daughter, …

Brendan Fraser fans celebrate Oscar winner’s ‘comeback of the century’
1 year, 9 months ago

Brendan Fraser fans celebrate Oscar winner’s ‘comeback of the century’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Celebrating Fraser’s “comeback”, one fan posted on Twitter: “This man almost disappeared from the face …

Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar in career comeback
1 year, 9 months ago

Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar in career comeback

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Brendan Fraser won the best actor Oscar for “The Whale,” a transformative role in which he revived a career that was once so bright. “I started in this business 30 years ago and things didn’t come easily to me,” said an emotional Fraser, breathing heavily on stage Sunday night. “This has been incredibly rewarding and affirming,” he …

Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor for The Whale
1 year, 9 months ago

Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor for The Whale

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser has won Best Actor at …

Brendan Fraser knows the hurt — that’s why he stands by ‘The Whale’
1 year, 10 months ago

Brendan Fraser knows the hurt — that’s why he stands by ‘The Whale’

LA Times  

“I felt like I knew this guy in a composite sort of way,” says Brendan Fraser of his “Whale” character, Charlie. Nominated for lead actor, his first nod from the film academy, he often returns to the advice his longtime friend Ian McKellen gave him about acceptance speeches: “Be good, be brief, be seated.” Brendan Fraser as Charlie in “The …

The Whale review: A searing drama with a heartrending Brendan Fraser
1 year, 11 months ago

The Whale review: A searing drama with a heartrending Brendan Fraser

Live Mint  

Writer Samuel D Hunter has channeled his own story and experiences into The Whale. Charlie, played brilliantly by Brendan Fraser, is the hurting, overweight teacher, but he is an optimistic, trusting man who looks for good in everyone. Charlie teaches online classes, careful to keep his camera switched off at all times so that his students cannot see the obese, …

The Whale: Man defends Brendan Fraser film after describing weight gain experience
1 year, 11 months ago

The Whale: Man defends Brendan Fraser film after describing weight gain experience

The Independent  

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The Whale movie review: Masterful, moving performances by Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau clash with an overdone story
1 year, 11 months ago

The Whale movie review: Masterful, moving performances by Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau clash with an overdone story

Hindustan Times  

Darren Aronofsky's The Whale is set over the crucial last days in the life of Charlie, an obese, reclusive professor, played by Brendan Fraser. Brendan Fraser has been nominated for Best Actor at the 95th Academy Awards Since the death of his boyfriend Alan, Charlie has been burying himself in grief and food. Meanwhile, Liz tries to protect Charlie from …

The Whale is being lauded as Brendan Fraser's comeback, but even his Oscar-nominated performance can't evade its flaws
1 year, 11 months ago

The Whale is being lauded as Brendan Fraser's comeback, but even his Oscar-nominated performance can't evade its flaws

ABC  

Hollywood loves a comeback story, especially when it allows them to embrace someone they've cruelly cast aside, and this awards season it's all about Brendan Fraser – beloved 90s star of The Mummy and George of the Jungle, pre-eminent himbo, and all-round nice guy who's gone from discarded has-been to frontrunner for the best actor Oscar. Brendan Fraser stars in …

Brendan Fraser on winning Critics Choice Best Actor Award for The Whale: 'If you like Charlie, good things will happen'
1 year, 11 months ago

Brendan Fraser on winning Critics Choice Best Actor Award for The Whale: 'If you like Charlie, good things will happen'

Firstpost  

It won’t be wrong to say that the year 2023 kick-started by felicitating well-deserved projects and artists in the entertainment industry across the globe. While SS Rajamouli’s RRR brought home two big titles back home, Darren Aronofsky’s psychological drama The Whale clinched an extremely important title at the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards. This is because Hollywood star Brendan Fraser’s …

Brendan Fraser says he’d do Mummy reboot as he’s never been ‘this famous and unsalaried at the same time’
2 years ago

Brendan Fraser says he’d do Mummy reboot as he’s never been ‘this famous and unsalaried at the same time’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser says he wouldn’t be opposed to a reboot of …

The ‘cathartic release’ of ‘The Whale’ explained by the play’s actors and directors
2 years ago

The ‘cathartic release’ of ‘The Whale’ explained by the play’s actors and directors

LA Times  

The following contains spoilers from the movie “The Whale,” now playing in theaters. Hunter doesn’t shy away from any of the issues the characters are dealing with “but doesn’t bury you in either,” said Martin Benson, who directed a 2013 staging at South Coast Repertory. For example, the 2014 Bay Area run raised the Marin Theatre Company stage by four …

Brendan Fraser 'excited' by Oscars buzz for The Whale
2 years ago

Brendan Fraser 'excited' by Oscars buzz for The Whale

Daily Mail  

Brendan Fraser has said he is 'excited' by the Oscars buzz surrounding his film The Whale. Tipped to be nominated: Brendan Fraser has said he is 'excited' by the Oscar buzz surrounding his film The Whale Brendan, who received a six minute standing ovation when The Whale premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, was asked by Jimmy if …

The Whale director Darren Aronofsky says fatphobia criticisms ‘make no sense’
2 years ago

The Whale director Darren Aronofsky says fatphobia criticisms ‘make no sense’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The film stars Brendan Fraser as an obese and reclusive English teacher who has a …

'The Whale' Is As Unpleasant To Watch As It Is Remarkable
2 years ago

'The Whale' Is As Unpleasant To Watch As It Is Remarkable

Huff Post  

Brendan Fraser as Charlie, a depressed, 600-pound teacher, in "The Whale." Courtesy of A24 Not a whole lot of people are going to really enjoy “The Whale.” Director Darren Aronofsky’s new drama is the kind that leans into relentless agony, demoralization, rage — and mostly within the confines of a single living room, the space where we watch a 600-pound …

Brendan Fraser Says Extreme Diet For Role Made His Brain 'Misfire'
2 years, 1 month ago

Brendan Fraser Says Extreme Diet For Role Made His Brain 'Misfire'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Brendan Fraser, who is experiencing a career renaissance for his portrayal of a 600-pound man in “The Whale,” recently recalled starving himself to play the ripped lead in 1997’s “George of the Jungle.” Watch the video below. “I was waxed, greased, starved of carbohydrates,” Fraser told Adam Sandler in a Variety Actors on Actors segment posted Tuesday. …

Brendan Fraser on ‘The Whale’: I gave it everything I had every day
2 years, 1 month ago

Brendan Fraser on ‘The Whale’: I gave it everything I had every day

The Hindu  

In a darkened hotel room in New York's Soho neighborhood, Brendan Fraser kindly greets a reporter with an open plastic bag in his hand. Fraser's performance been hailed as his comeback — a word, he says, that “doesn’t hurt my feelings.” But it’s not the one he’d choose. It adds up to Fraser’s most empathetic performance, one that has returned …

The Whale: Brendan Fraser deserves the Oscar, but the movie? Yikes.
2 years, 1 month ago

The Whale: Brendan Fraser deserves the Oscar, but the movie? Yikes.

Slate  

The cetacean referred to most directly in the title of Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale is not the film’s 600-pound protagonist but the elusive white whale of Moby-Dick, a novel that figures largely in the hero’s past history and present emotional life. If I had to evaluate the movie making my own allusion to Melville’s leviathan, I might have gone with …

The Whale: First look at Brendan Fraser and Sadie Sink as trailer is released
2 years, 2 months ago

The Whale: First look at Brendan Fraser and Sadie Sink as trailer is released

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first official trailer for The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, has …

Darren Aronofsky defends his decision to cast Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’
2 years, 2 months ago

Darren Aronofsky defends his decision to cast Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’

LA Times  

Director Darren Aronofsky, from right, Brendan Fraser and screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter arrive at the premiere of “The Whale” during the 2022 London Film Festival. Director Darren Aronofsky initially wanted to cast an actor who could play the 600-pound lead of his forthcoming film “The Whale” without any physical alterations before going with Brendan Fraser in the starring role. To …

Brendan Fraser Responds To Backlash Over Wearing Fat Suit In ‘The Whale’
2 years, 2 months ago

Brendan Fraser Responds To Backlash Over Wearing Fat Suit In ‘The Whale’

Huff Post  

Brendan Fraser attends "The Whale" U.K. premiere during the 66th BFI London Film Festival on Tuesday. John Phillips via Getty Images Brendan Fraser says he hopes that his controversial comeback role will “change” the way society perceives and treats fat people amid mounting criticism. I only know that I had to give as honest a performance as I can.” Premiering …

The Whale: Brendan Fraser career timeline: From Nineties icon to the ‘Brenaissance’
2 years, 2 months ago

The Whale: Brendan Fraser career timeline: From Nineties icon to the ‘Brenaissance’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fraser was one of Hollywood’s most bankable leading men in the 1990s and 2000s open …

Brendan Fraser sobs as The Whale gets 6-min standing ovation in Venice. Watch
2 years, 4 months ago

Brendan Fraser sobs as The Whale gets 6-min standing ovation in Venice. Watch

Hindustan Times  

Brendan Fraser, best known for The Mummy films, is making a comeback to films with Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale. The film, which was screened at the ongoing Venice Film Festival recently, sees Brendan play a disabled man who weighs 600 pounds. Videos from the screening in Venice show the film received an overwhelming response with a long standing ovation that …

The Whale movie: Brendan Fraser gets ‘huge round of applause’ following first screening of Darren Aronofsky film
2 years, 4 months ago

The Whale movie: Brendan Fraser gets ‘huge round of applause’ following first screening of Darren Aronofsky film

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brendan Fraser is reportedly so good in …

Brendan Fraser gets teary during 6-minute ovation for ‘The Whale’ at Venice Film Festival
2 years, 4 months ago

Brendan Fraser gets teary during 6-minute ovation for ‘The Whale’ at Venice Film Festival

LA Times  

The actor Brendan Fraser got emotional as audiences at the Venice Film Festival gave a six-minute standing ovation on Sunday after seeing the world premiere of his upcoming film “The Whale,” according to Variety and social media reports. Buzz has been building around Fraser’s performance in Darren Aronofsky’s drama from A24, in which Fraser donned prosthetics and makeup to play …

Brendan Fraser celebrated for comeback role in ‘The Whale’
2 years, 4 months ago

Brendan Fraser celebrated for comeback role in ‘The Whale’

Associated Press  

VENICE, Italy — Brendan Fraser is having a moment at the Venice International Film Festival. But Fraser is charting what could be a major comeback starting with his transformative role in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” which had its world premiere Sunday night at the festival. It didn’t feel right.” Then, a few years ago, he saw a trailer for “a …

The Whale review: 'Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar'
2 years, 4 months ago

The Whale review: 'Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar'

BBC  

The Whale review: 'Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar' A24 Darren Aronofsky's latest is a "well-meaning redemption story", which stars Brendan Fraser as a morbidly obese literature professor. After years in the Hollywood wilderness, Brendan Fraser is getting parts in major films again - including DC's shot-but-shelved Batgirl movie - and his fans are hoping that this will lead to a …

Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’ stokes fans for his comeback: ‘Get that man an Oscar!’
2 years, 5 months ago

Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’ stokes fans for his comeback: ‘Get that man an Oscar!’

LA Times  

Brendan Fraser’s going all in for his return to the big screen, and the actor’s fans are more than ready for it. While Fraser’s character transformation garnered attention, many social media users were just excited to see the “Mummy” star continue his return to the big screen. Movies Review: Brendan Fraser sparks Indian crime drama ‘Line of Descent’ An organized-crime …

Brendan Fraser to star as 600lb recluse in Darren Aronofsky-directed dramedy The Whale at A24
3 years, 11 months ago

Brendan Fraser to star as 600lb recluse in Darren Aronofsky-directed dramedy The Whale at A24

Daily Mail  

Brendan Fraser became a household name with some beloved blockbusters. He's set to star as a 600lb recluse in the upcoming Darren Aronofsky-directed father/daughter dramedy The Whale, for which A24 and Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures are teaming up for the first time. Leading man: Brendan Fraser is set to star as a 600-pound recluse in the upcoming Darren Aronofsky-directed father/daughter dramedy …

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