Free Willy
Seen it?1994 | 1 seasons | 30 min | Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and a quick end and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, families and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 11 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much: an easy pick for most people.
Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film of the same name. This television series was produced by Warner Bros. Television, Regency Enterprises and the Canadian company Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. The show, which aired for one season on American Broadcasting Company, continues the adventures of the orca Willy and Jesse, the boy who freed him from captivity as shown in the film. In retrospect, the series also anticipates multiple plot elements of the film sequel, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, released the following summer. The overarching conflict is reminiscent of Moby-Dick: a powerful oil baron, known to the main characters only as a cyborg called "The Machine" until the final episodes, loses his arm and part of his face to Willy while committing an environmental atrocity and wants revenge upon "that rotten whale... and his boy".
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 23K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Created by Tedd Anasti, Stephen Hodgins, Patsy Cameron, Patricia R. Burns
- Zachary BennettJesse (voice)
- Paul HaddadWilly (voice)
- Alyson CourtLucille (voice)
- Rachael CrawfordMarlene (voice)
- Gary KrawfordThe Machine (a.k.a. Rockland Stone) (voice)
- Michael FletcherRandolph (voice)
- Neil CroneMr. Naugle (voice)
- James KidnieAmphonoids (voice)