Has some good footage but is more Disney-anthropomorphic than Attenborough-authentic.
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08/11/09
Meerkats (2008)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:8
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: A cheerful and cute - though never overly mawkish - nature-doc about... you guessed it... Meerkats.
Reviews for Meerkats
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Like the real-life natural-world Disney features of yesteryear, there’s a huge amount of entertainment to be had, especially for kids, although the imposition of a story and the attribution of various emotions to the creatures can get slightly cloying.
08/11/09
A movie guaranteed to enchant all. Mind you, with a cast this cute, they couldn't really fail.
08/11/09
Despite the involvement of a producer from the BBC’s Natural History Unit and the late Paul Newman on voiceover duty, ‘The Meerkats’ is just another run-of-the-mill wildlife foray.
08/07/09
Visually striking but not a nature documentary for people who like their wildlife presented with the emphasis on knowledge and information, rather than on story, cuteness and anthropomorphism.
08/07/09
The beauty and intimacy of the material they so painstakingly captured ultimately overrides the mawkish score and sentimental narration.
08/07/09
"Even the wind has dust in its eyes," remarks Newman, at an especially weepy bit. Others may have trouble keeping them open.
08/07/09
The narrative lags some way behind the beautiful nature photography and the comical majesty of the meerkat on guard, poking his head above a hidey-hole like a periscope over a parapet. These pictures don’t really need any words.
08/07/09
A film that is entertaining, informative and filled with irresistibly cute critters.
08/07/09
An engaging, beautifully shot wildlife drama with undeniably cute subjects, but you can't help wishing the film had probed a bit deeper into meerkat society.
08/07/09
Contains plenty of high drama thanks to some judicious editing and cutting-edge camera work and it avoids sentimentalising nature too much by showing death on screen and weaving in a subtle environmental message.
08/07/09
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