Local kids get a dose of excitement when a 200-ton blue whale washes up on a beach in 1970s Australia, and their parents find their own good time by drinking and playing games behind closed doors.
filmmaker, teenager, whale, couple, neighbor, heartwarming, unintended consequences, life story, coming-of-age, nostalgia, bad choices, community, 1970s
Elliott whizzes from montage to sight gag to flashbacks and flash-forwards, skittering sideways for frequent discursions about the family pets, or a disastrous incident with a beach umbrella.
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