Whale Rider: Review

     The movie Whale Rider is about a young girl named Pai. Pai had a twin brother but unfortunatly he died at birth along with her mother. Koro, Pai's grandfather, wanted the baby boy to live too because the baby boy was gunna be the new leader of their tribe. Koro wished that Pai's twin brother was the one who had survived instead of her. Since Koro didn't have a grandson to be the leader of their tribe he trained other boys to see which one of them became the new leader. Pai also wanted to be trained but her grandfather wouldn't let her. Koro tells the boys to find his whale tooth necklace, but the boys fail to find it. Pai is the one who finds it while she is fishing . A group of whales appear on the shore. When the village people try their best effort to get them back into the water and fail the whales start to die one by one. Pai rides on top of the biggest whale and soon the whales go back into the water. The whales take Pai with them and the village people think that she is dead, but she recovers at the hospital. At last all of the village people make a traditional celebration. I think that this movie teaches an important lesson which is that no matter how strong or weak you are you can accomplish anything that you set your mind to. This movie also proves that you shouldn't judge people by their looks because Koro thought that Pai wasn't strong enough to be their leader only because she was a girl. I personally enjoyed watching this movie.