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Earth (2009)

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Reviews Counted: 80

Fresh: 68

Rotten:12

Average Rating: 7.1/10

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

Rated: G

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Apr 22, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $31,769,776

Synopsis: Partially constructed from the groundbreaking BBC and Discovery Channel television series PLANET EARTH, EARTH is a ravishing and often gut-wrenching tale of natural survival and beauty. Five years... Partially constructed from the groundbreaking BBC and Discovery Channel television series PLANET EARTH, EARTH is a ravishing and often gut-wrenching tale of natural survival and beauty. Five years in the making (including 250 days of aerial footage shot from planes, helicopters, and two-man balloons) and narrated by actor James Earl Jones, EARTH follows the trials of three families of polar bears, elephants, and whales. Though separated by seasons and continents, each family will cross great lengths and confront numerous hardships: for the Arctic polar bears, it is an increasingly warming planet that melts the ice they need for a hunting platform; for the African elephants, hot desert conditions and hungry predators will stand in the way of reaching a lush delta; and for the Pacific humpback whales, their Antarctic migration will be fraught with rough waters and great white sharks. Along the way, EARTH takes us on a global tour of nature in all its colorful splendor and harrowing moments--from windswept tundra to teeming rainforests, from cheetahs running down their prey to ducklings taking first flight. And as each family struggles towards their much-needed feeding grounds, directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield ultimately show us that nature can be equally giving and unforgiving. Educational but never preachy, EARTH is an unprecedented invitation for adults and children alike to experience the everyday natural wonders that deserve our awe and safeguarding. [More]

Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Screenwriter: Leslie Megahey, Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Producer: Alix Tidmarsh, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media
Composer: George Fenton
Studio: Disneynature

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

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
05/17/09
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/07/09
Renie Scolaro Mora
PopMatters

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

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
05/01/09
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
04/29/09
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

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

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/27/09
Dennis Schwartz
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.

Full Review Source: Tolucan Times | comment 5 Comments
04/26/09
Tony Medley
Tolucan Times

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.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment 1 Comment
04/25/09
Fred Topel
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.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
04/25/09
Robert Roten
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.

Full Review Source: Tri-City Herald | comment Comment
04/24/09
Gary Wolcott
Tri-City Herald

For most of the way this is an eye-popping, not blood-curdling, experience.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
04/24/09
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

This film is for those so buried in gadgets and The Gap that the Earth, at its roots, has become something foreign.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
04/24/09
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly

Don't let the fact that this film is re-edited from existing footage stop you from seeing it. It is quite simply breathtaking on the large screen.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
04/24/09
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

... the images that are captured by the filmmakers are so stunning and breathtaking that you would really be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't see them up on the big screen.

Full Review Source: Watertown Daily Times | comment Comment
04/24/09
Adam Tobias
Watertown Daily Times

For a generation too young to remember National Geographic specials and Disney's True-Life Adventures, [this] should be an exciting journey through our natural world.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
04/24/09
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

For a round-the-world trip, it feels a bit like a budget bus tour.

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04/24/09
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Take a bow, Mother Nature.

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04/24/09
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

[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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/24/09
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
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As a spectacle Disney's Earth is right out of this world.

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04/24/09
Stephen Cole
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.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment 3 Comments
04/24/09
Justin Berton
San Francisco Chronicle
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Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield mostly avoid speaking directly of social issues. Instead, they let the visuals and the animals' plights underscore the importance of maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

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04/24/09
Cary Darling
Dallas Morning News
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