The actor is better than director Darren Aronfosky’s stagey adaptation.
(Renee Zellweger inJudywas one a few years ago, or Rami Malek inBohemian Rhapsody; both won Oscars.
Fraser’s Charlie, in the opening scene, is just a voice inside a black Zoom screen.
Brendan Fraser as Charlie in ‘The Whale’.A24
Liz is also a nurse, and she keeps telling him plainly that he’s dying.
Whatever he wins forThe Whale andearly prizes have already come he deserves.
The rest is just chum.Grade: C
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