| | dOc DVD Review: The Day of the Dolphin (1973) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | It would be simple to dismiss Mike Nichols' 1973 thriller The Day of the Dolphin as "that talking dolphin" movie, but this is light-years away from the coy antics of TV's Flipper, and the story actually makes the implausible somehow seem plausible, even if the dolphins sound an awful lot like Furbies. |
 | | By the time the bad guy elements of the final act drama are unveiled in the third act, the presence of a gruff George C. Scott carrying on a conversation with a dolphin, a scenario that could have easily crumbled into a laughable mess with a less commanding actor, plays with actual heart-tugging drama. |
 | | The Day of the Dolphin delivers a deceptively emotional punch (as witnessed by the copious tears in the eyes of my daughter Sammie during the moving final moments), and the narrative is structured in such a believable manner that the concept of talking dolphins never seems ridiculous or laughable. |
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