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Earth (Disneynature's Earth) (Planet Earth) (2009)

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87

Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 91
Fresh: 79 | Rotten: 12

With its spectacular and extensive footage, Earth is both informative and entertaining.

88

Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 3

With its spectacular and extensive footage, Earth is both informative and entertaining.

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Average Rating: 3.8/5
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Narrated by James Earl Jones, "Earth" tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journeys across the planet we call home. "Earth" combines rare action, unimaginable scale and impossible locations by capturing the most intimate moments of our planet's wildest and most elusive creatures.

Sep 1, 2009

$32.0M

Walt Disney Films

All Critics (91) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (80) | Rotten (12) | DVD (3)

Solid docu about global-warming informs rather than preaches.

December 17, 2009 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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For most of the way this is an eye-popping, not blood-curdling, experience.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Christian Science Monitor
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For a round-the-world trip, it feels a bit like a budget bus tour.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | Comment (1)
Newark Star-Ledger
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[The directors] know how to craft a sequence (lions and elephants uneasily drinking at the same water hole), have an eye for the telling shot (baboons mincing across a flood plain), and mercifully avoid making the fauna look human.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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As a spectacle Disney's Earth is right out of this world.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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For adults, Earth misses the mark of riveting storytelling. Earth crams in the dramatic adventures of several species (including penguins) -- with the result that it comes up short on telling one really good story.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comments (3)
San Francisco Chronicle
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It's impossible to not come away with a renewed respect, appreciation and awe for this place we all call home.

September 29, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile | Comment

When Disney gets involved in making things green, we're talking about the color of money.

July 5, 2011 Full Review Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Comment

Earth hits all the right notes, and if Disney corners the market on nature documentaries and creates an annual cinematic event of this caliber tied into Earth Day, so be it.

January 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Las Vegas CityLife | Comment

A beautiful mix of humor, heart and spectacle that puts the studio that invented the True-Life Adventure back in touch with its wild side.

October 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | Comment
Times-Picayune

Reminds us that no matter where you are, this third rock from the sun of ours is a gorgeous thing.

September 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Views | Comment

On blu-ray, Earth looks awesome in 1080p high definition, with its widescreen picture grabbing the eye while its 5.1 DTS-HD audio track sounds just as sharp.

September 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

Like Arctic Tale, this is a great looking and interesting view of nature. Also like that other 2007 film, Earth falls short of being truly memorable.

September 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

Those familiar with the Discovery series Planet Earth won't find anything new here, but the James Earl Jones-narrated movie is fine on its own.

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Washington Times | Comment

Earth may be the most striking collection of nature photography I've ever seen. It isn't flawless, but it is a one-of-a-kind treat.

August 11, 2009 Full Review Source: UGO | Comment

A gorgeously photographed nature documentary that doesn't have enough happy moments and has far too many tragic ones.

May 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Oscar Guy

What this is, in fact, is the live-action version of the opening of The Lion King, celebrating the 'circle of life.'

May 17, 2009 Comment

Earth caters to a younger audience, keeping its biological and environmental lessons at a basic level of understanding.

May 7, 2009 Full Review Source: PopMatters | Comment
PopMatters

...if not exactly innovative, at least breathtaking on a how-in-the-world-did-they-get-that-shot level.

May 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | Comment
Sacramento News & Review

Setting new standards in precision wildlife photography, "Earth" remains little more than eye candy. A Playboy magazine of the planet earth.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | Comment
Monsters and Critics

It's not only a good watch but is informative.

April 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Disney puts truth in the drawer claiming that "changing weather patterns" cause drying rainforests, when it's the destruction of the rainforest that is causing the changing weather patterns.

April 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Tolucan Times | Comments (6)

I didn't learn anything but it's fun, which I didn't expect. Animals do stuff. I don't see how it's an overall ecosystem but whatever.

April 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Can Magazine | Comment (1)
Can Magazine

The production values of this film are very good, but it wanders away from its three main storylines often enough that it may not hold the attention of children.

April 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment
Laramie Movie Scope

EARTH opens with a dazzling scene of the planet from space and then flits around the globe to give us equally astonishing shots of animals in survival mode and at play.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Tri-City Herald | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Earth (Disneynature's Earth) (Planet Earth)

im a huge fan of nature films and this movie is no exception it takes the visuals to its advantage and its fantastic to look at

January 20, 2011
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Michael Edwards

Super Reviewer

In it's defense the TV series this was culled from is entertaining and informative but cut down into 90 mintues makes for a vague, confusing documentary.

October 11, 2009
thefog1331
A.D. Villarreal

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