Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.
Flipper has generally received mixed reviews.
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Flipper was released in 1996 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 11 reviews, giving Flipper (1996) an average rating of 50%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 48%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Flipper a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 50%, Flipper is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
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