The Walrus and the Whistleblower

Name: The Walrus and the Whistleblower
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 24, 2020
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Doug Draper, Elizabeth May, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Rogan, John Holer

2020

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date (Streaming): November 24, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Doug Draper, Elizabeth May, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Rogan, John Holer, Peter Mansbridge, Phil Demers

Summary: Phil Demers is a part-time mailman who lives in a bungalow across the creek from MarineLand, the iconic amusement park in Niagara Falls, where he had his dream job as an animal trainer for over a decade. He swam with killer whales and ran the show, until he quit and blew the whistle, making claims of animal abuse and calling for an end toPhil Demers is a part-time mailman who lives in a bungalow across the creek from MarineLand, the iconic amusement park in Niagara Falls, where he had his dream job as an animal trainer for over a decade. He swam with killer whales and ran the show, until he quit and blew the whistle, making claims of animal abuse and calling for an end to the near 60-year-old practice of keeping marine mammals in pools.… Expand

Director: Nathalie Bibeau

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Jun 11, 2020

While the movie gets a little too lost in Demers’ headspace, his story brings to light the limitations of the “Blackfish” effect, and shows why the war against marine park cruelty has a long way to go. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Jun 17, 2020

Incomplete-feeling film, which inadvertently illustrates how empathy without balance can obscure truth. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Dec 10, 2020

As it stands, it’s not much of an indictment. As honorable as her intentions may be, Bibeau ends up blowing the whistle so incessantly, it sort of leaves you deaf. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Mar 4, 2021

Frustratingly, the documentary declines to probe Demers’s evolving relationship to his activism and newfound fame. Read full review

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