Flipper

Flipper

This summer it's finally safe to go back in the water.

199695 min5.5 / 10

A sunny, heartwarming family adventure about a reluctant boy finding belonging through friendship with a dolphin and reconnection with his uncle.

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.

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