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2021
PG
Bleecker Street Media
1 h 36 m

2021
PG
Bleecker Street Media
1 h 36 m

Summary The Loneliest Whale is a cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude calling out at a frequency that is different from any other whale. As the film embarks on this engrossing journey, audiences will explore what this whale’s lonely plight can teach us — not just about our c...

Directed By: Joshua Zeman

Written By: Lisa Schiller

2021
PG
Bleecker Street Media
1 h 36 m

2021
PG
Bleecker Street Media
1 h 36 m

The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

67

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

8.0

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Summary The Loneliest Whale is a cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude calling out at a frequency that is different from any other whale. As the film embarks on this engrossing journey, audiences will explore what this whale’s lonely plight can teach us — not just about our c...

Directed By: Joshua Zeman

Written By: Lisa Schiller

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Top Cast

Joshua Zeman

Self - Filmmaker

Joseph George

Self - Ret. Chief U.S. Navy, Integrated Undersea Surveillance System

David Rosenberg

Self - Author, Interspecies Musician

Christopher W. Clark

Self - Senior Scientist, Cornell University

Daniel Palacios

Self - Senior Researcher

Bruce R. Mate

Self - Director, Marine Mammal Institute

Robert Dziak

Self - NOAA, PMEL Acoustics Program Manager

Sara Heimlich

Self - NOAA, PMEL Acoustics Program

Christina Connett

Self - Chief Curator, New Bedford Whaling Museum

John Hildebrand

Self - Professor of Bioacoustics

John Calambokidis

Self - Cascade Research Collective

Ana Sirovic

Self - Oceanographer

David Cade

Self - Research Biologist

Roger Payne

Self - Founder, Ocean Alliance

Graham Burnett

Self - Professor of History, Princeton University

Kate Micucci

Self - Musician, Actress

Ann Allen

Self - Biologist

Michael J. Novacek

Self - American Museum of Natural History

Vint Virga

Self - Animal Psychologist

Patrick R. Hof

Self - Professor of Neuroscience

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
5 Reviews

38% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
5 Reviews

38% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Jul 13, 2021

The Loneliest Whale is gripping and highly persuasive, blending hard science with real-life action/adventure sequences, talking-head interviews, and — sorry, sorry — a whale of a true story that has been headline news for years.

By Kim Hughes FULL REVIEW

Jul 9, 2021

Even if you don’t care much about whales, or don’t think you do, Joshua Zeman’s enthusiastic documentary The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 might make you care about people who care about whales.

By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW

Jul 8, 2021

While Zeman’s enthusiasm is occasionally infectious, his conjectures, explained in voiceover, are riddled with platitudes and self-centered sound bites that say more about an egotistical need to be the first at something, to be the one who found 52, than about our connection with our large swimming counterparts.

By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW

Jun 26, 2021

While 52 remains something of a mystery, The Loneliest Whale renders him less of a metaphor.

By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW

Apr 4, 2022

This is a film raised a fair few notches by the wonder of geekery, the absolute joy of seeing scientists living and breathing their work.

By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jul 9, 2021

The preceding journey might have been smoother, but the doc is a reminder that we still know so little about the oceans and their inhabitants, and an illustration of how much hope we attach to them.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

Jul 8, 2021

The result is a well-meaning but somewhat granola, partly engaging yet disorganized documentary, one that searches for an imprecise story and struggles to keep its chief ambitions afloat.

By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

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Details

Production Company After Hours Productions, Alldayeveryday Productions, Appian Way, Electric Panda Entertainment, Gigantic Pictures, Lost Lane Entertainment, ShowKat Productions, Skyline Entertainment

Release Date Jul 9, 2021

Duration 1 h 36 m

Rating PG

Genres

Website https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/the-loneliest-whale

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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

• 3 Nominations

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