Free Willy 3: The Rescue

1997
U
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

4.7/10

11K

YOUR RATING

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Adventure Drama Family

16-year-old Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.16-year-old Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.16-year-old Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.

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IMDb RATING

4.7/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Top cast15

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Jason James Richter

Jesse

August Schellenberg

Randolph Johnson

Annie Corley

Drew Halbert

Vincent Berry

Max Wesley

Patrick Kilpatrick

John Wesley

Tasha Simms

Mary Wesley

Peter LaCroix

Sanderson
(as Peter Lacroix)

Stephen E. Miller

Dineen

Ian Tracey

Kron

Matthew Walker

Captain Drake

Roger Cross

1st Mate Stevens
(as Roger R. Cross)

Rick Burgess

Smiley

Roman Danylo

Pizza Kid

Michael Dobson

Coast Guard
(uncredited)

Keiko

Willy
(uncredited)

Director
- Sam Pillsbury
Writers
- John Mattson
- Keith Walker
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User reviews33

Featured review

4/10

Not the best...

"Free Willy 3: The Rescue" is an Adventure - Drama movie and the third movie of the "Free Willy" franchise in which we watch teenager Jesse trying to protect Will and his pregnant mate by an illegal whaler threatening them both.

Since I had watched the two previous movies I knew what to expect but I hoped from this movie to be better than the second. Unfortunately, it followed the path of the second movie and it was equally bad. I believe that "Free Willy" franchise has to stop with this movie because it does not have anything more to give. The direction which was made by Sam Pillsbury followed the footsteps of the previous movie without having any suspense and being a bit boring at some points of it. All in all, I have to say that "Free Willy 3: The Rescue" is another average family movie that I do not recommend anyone to watch because I am sure that you can find better family movies than this to watch.

Thanos_Alfie
Jan 30, 2021
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Trivia
Francis Capra, the young actor who played Elvis (Jesse's half-brother) in Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) was approached to reprise his role in this film. He declined because he felt that the character of Max was too similar to Elvis.

Quotes
Sanderson: So what're you gonna be when you grow up?
Max: Your boss.

Crazy credits
Similar to the last two Free Willy films, the end credits open with "Call 1-800-4-WHALES and learn how you can help Keiko, the whale from FREE WILLY and all the world's whales."

Connections
Edited from Free Willy (1993)

Soundtracks
China Grove
Written by Tom Johnston (as Tom Johnson)
Performed by The Doobie Brothers
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Special Projects