Ocean Pictures

Don't be upset, Drew. Your hathead won't be that bad. You can always brush it out.

Friday brings “Big Miracle,” about three whales trapped in ice while Drew Barrymore cries. The cetacean trio follows in the wake of other sea-based mammals who have carried films of their own.

Free Willy (1993)
A boy works to free a captive killer whale that, once it heads for the open sea, turns around and bites the kid’s head off. Or maybe not; it is Hollywood, after all.

Dolphin Tale (2011)
Dolphin-has-tail-dolphin-loses-tail-in-a-crab-trap-dolphin-gets-prosthetic-tail-with-help-from-Harry-Connick-Jr. Sigh. This story AGAIN?

Andre (1994)
Seals are adorable. How do you make them more adorable? Put them in people clothes! They get less adorable when you put them in a bad kids’ movie.

Nim’s Island (2008)
A sea lion — he has external ears, so that’s how you know he’s not a seal — plays sidekick to a little girl (Abigail Breslin) out to save her missing marine biologist dad (Gerard Butler). It would help if he were a member of SEA LION Team 6.

Star Trek IV (1986)
Aliens try to make contact with Earth but they want to talk to humpback whales, which are extinct. So the crew goes back in time! Which we can’t actually do, so maybe we should figure out a way to help the humpbacks now.