IR VERDICT:
Girl rescues baby dolphin. Boy meets mature dolphin. Girl, eventually, meets boy, who manages the dolphin for the US Navy Marine Mammal program. ALIKA, ODYSSEY OF A NAVY DOLPHIN is an unusual love triangle filled with fascinating information about the Maine Mammal Program, the training of its dolphin mine-locators, the Gulf Wars, mammalian biology/psychology and dialogue and characters that feel real and will engage those riveted by romance.