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Whale Rider has generally received positive reviews.
Review of Whale Rider (2003)
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Review of Whale Rider (2003)
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Whale Rider was released in 2003 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 678 reviews, giving Whale Rider (2003) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 77%.
With a score of 74%, Whale Rider is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like The Last Samurai, The School of Rock and The Animatrix.
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