The oceans are slowly dying. With “Blueback – A Deep Friendship” the filmmakers want to draw attention to this.
Story: Thanks to her mother, Abby (Mia Wasikowska, 33) has become a real water rat. Her love of the sea is matched only by Abby’s affection for a certain giant wrasse she met while diving as a child…
“Blueback – A Deep Friendship” wants to be many things: family film, environmental appeal, illness drama. But director Robert Connolly (55) can not decide on a direction. Instead, he delivers a very pleasing drama without corners, edges or even surprises.
Conclusion: Pleasing drama about a cracked mother-daughter relationship and the man-made dangers for our oceans.
(102 min./FSK: from 6 years)
