A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
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When the Whales Came was released in 1989 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving When the Whales Came (1989) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with When the Whales Came than critics were.
With a score of 70%, When the Whales Came is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
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