The reviewers don't like it (Rotten Tomatoes gave it 41%). I read the reviews and it seems that the whaling business is not for them but they did like the special effects.
I however thought the previews told me what to expect. It is about hunting for whales on the high seas in small boats in a time when they were without benefit of radar etc. since they were only a few years beyond thinking the world was flat.
The movie is harrowing with shipwrecks, storms, lost at sea, and a giant whale who doesn't want to be bothered. This is a story behind the novel "Moby Dick" that was the basis for Melville's writing.
I enjoyed it movie for what it was. That was one mean whale!
I give it ***stars. 2015 movie 57
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