Feels from Reels is a spoiler-free film review series, where I capture only the emotions I felt and thoughts that came from them, while viewing a movie. This helps me consider the emotional connection an audience has to characters and stories in my own screenplays and short- / long-form writing. I hope you enjoy! ❤️
🎬 Whalefall (2026)
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🍅 Rotton Tomatoes score: 72%
👥 IMDB ⬅️ see Trailer, Director, Producers, Writers, and Cast here
📖 Adapted from a Novel? Yes, from Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
🎯Logline: “Follows a scuba diver who, while looking for his father's remains, is swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen runs out.”
🗺️ Where I Was: Cinemark (Salt Lake City, UT)
🫀Feelings and Emotions
“I felt…” “That left me feeling…”
Concerned
Familiar
Shocked
Sad
Afraid
Sympathetic
Amazed
🤔 Thoughts from Feelings
“Looks like home”
“😳”
“Big year for Austin Abrams.”
“Oh wow, it is home!”
“I’ve got to learn how to dive in 2027”
“Not the nicest father”
“That is so scary looking”
“They are so magical”
“Terrifying”
“Such unfair treatment”
“Absolutely horrifying”
“I really like the flashbacks along the way”
“I can’t think of that many worse situations to be in”
“Josh Brolin is super fit in this movie”
“Poor jelly fish!”
“I wondered how that would go down”
“These scenarios were carefully considered”
“Oh wow! I did not see that coming”
“Beautiful scene”
“Sweet whale”
“Austin Abrams is phenomenal”