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Review: Watts leads Penguin Bloom, a sweet story about bouncing back Netflix offering centers on a family that helps nurse a wounded magpie back to health Adam Graham A wounded bird helps a family heal in "Penguin Bloom," a warm story of connection and rebuilding elevated by the tenderness and honesty of its performances. Naomi Watts, as dependable an actress as we have today, stars as Sam Bloom, an extremely active wife and mother of three rambunctious boys whos wounded in a tragic accident ...

Watts also opens up about the learning curves of filming in a wheelchair. Naomi Watts is shining a light on disability and healing from trauma with an unlikely hero at its center in her new drama Penguin Bloom. The film is based on the true story of Australian mother Sam Bloom who, while vacationing in Thailand over the holidays with her husband Cameron and three boys, fell 20 feet from the roof of their hotels balcony after a rusty railing gave away and fell to the concrete below. The acciden...

Naomi Watts gives disability story wings with ‘Penguin Bloom’ Stephen Schaefer © Provided by Boston Herald JAN. 25, 2021 - Naomi Watts as Sam Bloom in "Penguin Bloom." Photo by Hugh Stewart, courtesy Netflix There are no penguins in “Penguin Bloom,” only a disabled magpie rescued by the Bloom family and named Penguin. It turns out lucky, in this true story, for everyone. For Naomi Watts’s Sam Bloom is, like the bird, severely disabled. An accident on a family vacati...

The Walking Deads Andrew Lincoln, explores the tumultuous journey many disabled people take to embracing their disability. And, yet again, filmmakers have effectively erased disabled people from the narrative. Penguin Bloom tells the story of Sam Bloom, who becomes a paralysed wheelchair user after a fall. Alongside her husband and children, she takes solace in caring for an injured magpie, which the children name Penguin. The film, based on a true story written by Cameron Bloom and Bradley T...

Share on Twitter Eight years ago, Sam Bloom was enjoying a family holiday in Thailand with her husband Cameron and three sons, Rueben, Noah and Oliver. “Cam and I have always loved travelling, so we thought we wanted to take the boys overseas,” the 49-year-old told SBS News at her home in Sydneys northern beaches. “We were about four days into our holiday and one of the kids spotted a stairway up to an observation deck, so we all went up.” They were staying in a tiny village...

The Dig Wonderful, moving dramatisation of the 1939 dig at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk that unearthed an Anglo-Saxon ship burial and a hoard of buried treasure. Ralph Fiennes is Basil Brown, the self-taught archaeologist who made the discovery.  Wonderful, moving dramatisation of the 1939 dig at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. Ralph Fiennes (above) is Basil Brown, the self-taught archaeologist who made the discovery Carey Mulligan is Edith Pretty, the ailing landowner with whom he forms a bond. Both give fab...

After a year that decimated the arts industry, the new 'life-affirming' film Penguin Bloom is a sign of growth for Australian productions.

Penguin Bloom review – Naomi Watts and charming magpies star in heavy-handed film Luke Buckmaster Director Glendyn Ivin’s melodrama Penguin Bloom comprises two key plot strands – one involving a human and the other an animal – which have unsubtle intersecting metaphors. While vacationing in Thailand, Sam Bloom (Naomi Watts) falls off a ledge and becomes a paraplegic. Months after the accident, while she is in the throes of deep depression, her husband Cameron (Andrew Lin...

Naomi Watts portrays Bloom in the Netflix film Penguin Bloom

Premium Content Subscriber only Bundaberg is full of fun events this weekend and with cloudy but mostly sunny skies on the horizon, its the perfect time to get out and enjoy what the region has on offer. From live music gigs and kids comedy workshops, to fundraisers, family fun days and car meets, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Vegan potluck Bundaberg vegans are uniting over delicious food and great company. Participants are encouraged to bring a vegan dish to share with others, ...