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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 48140
Released: January 28, 2003 |
| Our Price: $3.00 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In this sequel willy has rejoined his whale family, or pod, and is living in the pacific northwest seas. Jesse and Willy meet again when an oceanic disaster separates willy, his brother and sister from the rest of their pod.
Description of Free Willy 2 - The Adventure Home:
Psst: don't tell anybody, but this time the whale, and all of his whale pals and relatives, are either computer-generated images or old-fashioned miniatures (models). The humans in this film are reasonably real, however, including Jason James Richter, returning to his role as the former delinquent whose advocacy for an imprisoned orca turned his life around in Free Willy. You may recall that Willy jumped the aquarium fence, so to speak, at the end of that 1993 family movie, and regrouped in open seas with the pod from which he had been cruelly snatched. This 1995 sequel again finds Willy in trouble at the hands of the civilized world, this time due to an oil slick and explosion that may very well kill him or cause him to be locked away again. Meanwhile, Richter's growing character has other problems, including a troublesome half-brother and the rumblings of puppy love. One way in which this film is superior to its predecessor is a greater range of visual opportunities, i.e., shooting out on the ocean instead of in the whale hero's old tank. Of course, it helps that master cinematographer László Kovács (Five Easy Pieces) is behind the camera. Followed by another sequel. --Tom Keogh
Free Willy 2 - The Adventure Home Reviews:
The best of the Free Willy trilogy 
2009-08-06 - Hello. Remember my review of Free Willy last month? Next, I am going to review the sequel, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home. Picking up two years after the first film, Jesse (Jason James Richter) and his foster parents Glen (Michael Madsen) and Annie (Jayne Atkinson) learn from Dwight (Mykelti Willamson) that Jesse's mother who abandoned him eight years before died in New York City, leaving him devastated. They also learn that Jesse has a half-brother Elvis (Francis Capra) who is prone to telling lies and annoying Jesse. The entire family went on a camping trip where they are reunited with Randolph (August Shellenberg) and the two go on a whale watching ride where Jesse meets Randolph's goddaughter Nadine (Mary Kate Schellhardt) and the group reunite with Willy (Keiko) and his siblings, Luna and Little Spot. Jesse and Nadine start to show feelings for each other. An oil tank nearby scrapes on an underwater rock and spills oil all over the area and Luna, Willy's sister gets covered in the oil, a small amount of which gets in her lungs. After the group heals Luna and tries to clean the oil spill, the social worker who claims to be protecting the whales is really plotting to ship them off to an amusement park and were exposed by Jesse and Elvis. Unfortunately, the oil tanker explodes and sets the spill on fire which leads to a death defying situation then the three get trapped by the flames. A helicopter rescues Nadine and Elvis, but Jesse falls back into the water and Willy comes to the rescue, again. In the end, Jesse learns to accept Elvis for who he is despite his annoying ways, and Elvis becomes more honest and tells Jesse that although their mother had to abandon him, she still loved him and bitterly regretted not being able to care for him. This helps Jesse move on and Willy and his siblings were reunited with their mother. This entry teaches a powerful lesson to oil companies to always use two layers of metal for the bottom in order to prevent an oil spill. Most of the main cast returned for this sequel with some newcomers, especially a new director, Dwight H. Little (that's right, the director of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Meyers). All this makes it the most serious of the franchise and definitely the best. I am surprised it faced competition with Batman Forever and only performed half as well as its predecessor in the U.S. box office. If you see this at a video store, I would check it out.
WEAKEST IN THE SERIES, BUT A GOOD FAMILY FRIENDLY FILM! 2 1/2 STARS 
2008-08-30 - I watched all three 'Free Willy' films over the course of a couple of days and for me this film, the second in the series is the weakest of the trilogy. This film seemed a little preachy at times, but it's a safe bet for the kiddies! The DVD transfer is very good and I rate this 2 1/2 stars.
Great Movie!!
2007-06-12 - Another great movie to follow the first movie! Anyone with kids should get this movie, they'll love it!
great family movie
2007-03-18 - this is ont of the best family and adventureous movies i've ever seen but keep in mind you must love mamal's.
Free Willy 2 
2006-07-16 - The disc skipped half way through the disk and I cannot get anyone to rectify the situation.
