Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. He studies dolphin communication at Smith's Point, on the Grand Bahama Island. James has not known of Alyssa's existence and is clueless about parenthood. The women arrive at the same time that James may lose his research operation to a tourist attraction. Father, daughter, dolphins, and town are on a collision course. Alyssa and James get encouragement from James's girlfriend and her father. It's the dolphins who can teach, and Alyssa who discovers how to listen.

Carly Schroeder
Alyssa

Adrian Dunbar
Dr. James Hawk

George Harris
Daniel

Katharine Ross
Lucy

Christine Adams
Tamika

Jane Lynch
Glinton

Andrea Bowen
Candace

Kelly Vitz
Michelle
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August 24, 2007
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, Family
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