Liberad a Willy
PG

Liberad a Willy

¿Hasta dónde irías por un amigo?

1993 • 112 min • Family · Adventure · Drama

Our family guide

Best from age 6
47
Movie Knight Score
2016 reviews
  • 33 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
  • 62 Audience · 2013 · 47%

Jesse, un huérfano con problemas, encuentra un amigo inesperado en Willy, una orca cautiva en un parque temático. A medida que su vínculo crece, Jesse descubre el anhelo de libertad de Willy y debe arriesgarlo todo para ayudarlo a escapar de sus codiciosos captores y regresar al océano.

Violence & peril
2/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
0/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
3/10

Heads up

  • Representación de abuso animal
  • Separación familiar
  • Peligro menor durante el escape

What it models well

  • Empatía por los animales
  • La importancia de la familia
  • Encontrar tu lugar
  • El coraje de hacer lo correcto

Talk about it after

  • Cautiverio y bienestar animal
  • Confianza y amistad
  • Protección del medio ambiente

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Top billed cast

Director: Simon Wincer • Crew: Corey Blechman, Keith Walker, Keith Walker

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Reviewer notes

Not recommended

The song by Michael Jackson was epic and I saw clips from this movie in there and it motivated me to watch this movie. But I must say I wasn't impressed. It was a feel good movie for sure, but I must say I enjoyed Dolphin Tale more. The story was slow and action sequences seemed a little far fetched like seriously breaking a 3,000kg animal out of jail!

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers

I guess Free Willy depends on how old you were in 1993. For the most part, I really like Family Friendly, if they are done right they can be entertaining and uplifting. And, the kid in me can still see how people would love it, and still love it, if they saw it as a little kid. But I was 13 when Free Willy came out, and, honestly, it's not E.T., it's not The Goonies, it's not even Radio Flyer let alone Sandlot.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

**Despite being predictable and loaded with clichés, it is a film that marked a generation, alerted many consciences to very serious issues, and is still very beautiful thirty years later.** This is certainly one of the films that made an impression on people during the 90's, and that maintained its popularity and sympathy for many years. Today I think it has been forgotten, and in part I feel sorry for it.…

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Details

TMDB audience
6.2/10 (2,013)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$20,000,000
Box office
$153,698,625
Franchise
Free Willy Collection

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