If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Well, it's not hard to see why this was a box office flop. Every attempt at being serious fails so miserably, resulting in a non-funny comedy about serious matters. Terribly unconvincing with very bad blue screen shots. Drew Barrymore is especially badly cast.

With absolutely no idea what this movie was going to be about it soon became a great movie with the basic theme that we are all animal lovers at heart. Its a shame that people cannot come to the aid of our own fellow human beings when the need arises. The devastating Tsunami in Indonesia saw millions in aid from Australia but when we cry out to the Indonesians to spare the lives of two of our own for being drug smugglers they turn a blind eye. Sure Drug smugglers and dealers are the worst but these two have done their time in Jail and show remorse for their actions. We need to treat each other the same way we would some stranded whales. Some reviewers have stated that Barrymore's character was a one sided character with little if any knowledge of these great animals but it only goes to show that she played the part well and made it seem all the more realistic. Worth seeing at least once.

This is based on a true story of a family of whales stuck under the freezing ice in Alaska and what happens next. A local news reporter recruits his ex, a Greenpeace volunteer, to save the family of gray whales. Then the whole world started to notice and the world's media descends on them all.Drew Barrymore is a bit too annoying as a Greenpeace activist. She's too shrill and needed to tone down her performance. John Krasinski is great as the everyman. Ted Danson relishes his role as an oil tycoon a little too much. He may have been miscasted. Kristen Bell is good as the ambitious reporter.

I liked this movie because I love animals. And if you love animals, then whales are probably high up on your list since they are intelligent and thought of as some of the best animals in the sea. There are theme parks centered around them; people love whales.The story takes place in Barrow, Alaska, where a family of 3 gray whales are trapped in ice. Their head are too soft to break the ice, and it's too far for them to swim without breathing. A reporter decides they would make a great story, and it turns into national news. Reporters flock there to make a name, and the country is engrossed as to what will happen to the whales.The story also centers around, Greenpeace lady, Rachel, whom wants to save the whales and her ex, Adam, the reporter who started the story. Of course, you know this movie will help them get back together.The people of Barrow come together and make ice holes to allow the whales to get close to open water and it is up to an ice breaker boat to do the rest.FINAL VERDICT: Nice heart warming story about different people coming together for a wonderful cause, saving whales.