The read
A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 33%, Metacritic 54/100. Most of the 3,278 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. He studies dolphin communication at Smith's Point, on the Grand Bahama Island. James has not known of Alyssa's existence and is clueless about parenthood. The women arrive at the same time that James may lose his research operation to a tourist attraction. Father, daughter, dolphins, and town are on a collision course. Alyssa and James get encouragement from James's girlfriend and her father. It's the dolphins who can teach, and Alyssa who discovers how to listen.
Ratings
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael D. SellersDirector
- Wendell MorrisWriter
- Alan DerianOriginal Music Composer
- Michael D. SellersWriter
Cast
- Carly SchroederAlyssa
- Adrian DunbarDr. James Hawk
- George HarrisDaniel
- Katharine RossLucy
- Christine AdamsTamika
- Jane LynchGlinton
- Andrea BowenCandace
- Kelly VitzMichelle
- Rudy LevarityCoakley
- Joey JamekaDecker
- Vivica WatkinsCornelia
- Greg LeePrincipal McGowan
