Whalefall (2026) Reviews & Ratings

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Whalefall reviews

Whalefall holds a 6.6/10 average from 113 TMDB ratings.

Check out my review @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/whalefall-movie-review-austin-abrams-anchors-a-gorgeously-gross-survival-thriller/ Rating: B WHALEFALL takes an insane premise, keeps making it crazier, and never stops committing to it. The practical whale interior is genuinely claustrophobic, the underwater sets are magnificent, the body horror is plentiful, and the sound design is excellent from start to finis…
— Manuel São Bento (7/10)

I think it's fairly safe to say that neither Josh Brolin nor Austin Abrams are having a great 2026! If the former isn't being attacked by zillions of zombies he's struggling with a chronic lung disease - no good thing when you're a pro-diver; and the latter is also having to avoid a similar grizzly fate if he is to survive long enough to end up in this film, getting swallowed up by a giant sperm whale. "Jay" (AA) ha…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

As someone who struggles with thalassophobia -- I found **WHALEFALL** immediately gripping and intense before the whale even showed up. As a harrowing survival adventure, it shares a kinship with Danny Boyle's **127 HOURS**, pitting the main character -- Jay (Austin Abrams) against the force of nature itself, in the literal belly of the beast, the third largest cetacean of the sea, the Sperm Whale. How, one might as…
— The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy (7/10)

Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.

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