This is a "fuzzy feel good" movie about the love between a lonely boy and an injured dolphin. Sawyer(Nathan Gamble)on his way to summer school finds a trapped dolphin on the beach tangled in a crab trap. The injured dolphin is taken to an animal hospital ran by Dr. Clay Haskett(Harry Connick Jr), who is forced to remove the dolphin's tale to save its life. Haskett's young daughter Hazel(Cozi Zuehisdorff)agrees with Sawyer that if only the dolphin could feel and swim normal it would survive. By the help of Dr. Cameron McCarthy(Morgan Freeman)hope comes to reality when a prosthetic tail is successfully accepted by the dolphin. Connick Jr is faultless in this role. The cast is rounded out by Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson and Francis Sternhagen. An uplifting movie for the entire family.
Review of Dolphin Tale
