"The Whale" makes splashes in performance, but not story

BY NICHOLAS BROADHEAD Sports Assistant

“The Whale” has been considered a performance triumph, as Brendan Fraser and his cast mates have been praised for their stunning acting in this depressing drama of an obese English professor making amends with his life and daughter.

The notion has been confirmed with Academy Award nominations. Fraser is nominated for Best Actor and Hong Chau, who plays Liz, for Best Supporting Actress.

While there is no objection in this department of the film, the plot and its contents are what’s keeping it from a more legendary status.

One of the main questions that was personally asked throughout the film was, why didn’t the main character, Charlie, want to get better?

In this film, you are watching a man die.

Since he knows that he is dying, he is trying very hard to make amends with his daughter Ellie, played by Sadie Sink, after leaving her and her mother for his gay partner named Alan.

His caregiver Liz tells him multiple times that she wants him to get better and that although his condition is worsening by the day, he has the ability to go to the hospital and get help.

The film gives Charlie so many reasons to turn his life around and live for the ones he loves, but he can’t do it.

At a certain point, he stops himself from overindulging in sweets and snacks that got him to the position he’s in. But when deep diving into his condition and