The Whale and Brendan Fraser
I'm not going to call this Brendan Fraser's comeback because he's been making movies after a brief hiatus (it's well documented that BF has had issues with the industry) but I am calling this his moment as this is a Fraser I don't think we've ever seen. Darren Aronofsky's The Whale is a adaptation of a play in which Charlie (Fraser) is a morbidly obese recluse that's only contact with the outside world is through his zoom teaching lectures (where he refuses to show his face) and his deceased boyfriends sister Liz who in turn acts as his carer. After finding out he has heart disease, which will lead to his death he gets in contact with his estranged daughter who wants nothing to do with him but begrudgingly visits and is disgusted by her dad's physical appearance. A missionary called Thomas is introduced mainly as a catalyst to challenge Charlie's homosexuality but this is merely a sub plot in what is really a Father, daughter movie. Charlies rel...