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Free Willy 3: The Rescue

Name: Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Director: Sam Pillsbury
Genre: Family, Adventure
Released: 1997-08-06
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick

1997 · 1h 26m · Family, Adventure

Skip it—this third installment is where the Free Willy franchise ran out of steam, recycling the same feel-good whale-rescue formula without the charm or novelty of the originals. Unless you're a completionist or have kids who'll watch anything with a whale in it, your time is better spent elsewhere.

Plot

Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse.

Director: Sam Pillsbury

Cast: Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick

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