The footage is spectacular, the colors electric, the life aquatic trippier than anything you'll see in even the most wildly imaginative animated fare.
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05/29/09
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Under the Sea 3D (2009)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:39
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 13, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $18,900,900
Synopsis: Actor Jim Carrey is the narrator/tourguide for a stunning 3-D journey into the world's most beautiful and remote coral reefs. With his amazing underwater Imax camera, director Howard Hall travels... [More]
Director: Howard Hall
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Reviews for Under the Sea 3D
Top CriticWhile some of the content may go over younger viewers' heads, it introduces them to complex issues while entertaining them with footage of playful sea lions and slithering snakes that appear to swim right toward your face.
03/20/09
Under the Sea 3D offers a rare and gorgeous look at marine life from the heart of the Coral Triangle.
03/08/09
People of any age will be fascinated by the Imax documentary Under the Sea, a riveting look at submarine life around the coast of Australia. I've never experienced such good use of 3D.
02/19/09
It's impossible not to be wowed by some of the images in Under the Sea 3D, the coolest of which are a nice reminder that, even in the age of CG wizardry, the best special effects still come straight from Mother Nature.
02/18/09
Top CriticUnder the Sea 3D is a beautiful reminder that movies can take us to places we've never been before. There are still worlds to conquer out there that don't require the gussying up of CGI effects to hold our attention.
02/17/09
At times, the writing becomes a bit like a sermon about the woes of the oceans, but, in all honesty, I think we can't hear it enough that our environments are changing ----- and not for the better.
02/16/09
This incredibly ambitious undertaking could only be accomplished by people with a strong love of what they are doing, and patience to match.
02/16/09
A delightful, breathtaking, lively and gently illuminating documentary that must be experienced on a giant IMAX screen.
02/15/09
Even about halfway in, even having settled into your seat with those plastic glasses nestled on your nose, you'll still find yourself dazzled again and again by the impossibly breathtaking beauty of the IMAX adventure Under the Sea 3D.
02/13/09
Top CriticThe plot may not be much -- amazing creatures live in the sea and if we keep polluting the world a bunch of them will die, so let's stop being such jerks -- but the visuals are absolutely fantastic.
02/13/09
Top CriticYounger children will be engrossed. Older ones may get bored.
02/13/09
If you’re not taking the family on an exotic beach vacation anytime soon, consider this a reasonable alternative.
02/13/09
Top CriticThe 3-D effects are uncanny; much of the audience ducked when sea snakes lunged at it. You can't get that on your TV set. Yet.
02/13/09
Top CriticOceanic movies in actual science museums are far more interesting and nuanced than this documentary -- not to mention the wildly popular Planet Earth series, which even in 2-D looks better.
02/13/09
Top CriticAs intimate and enjoyable as anything Imax has done in 3-D.
02/13/09
Top CriticI've seen so many large- format deep-sea documentaries I'm waterlogged, so I was reluctant to go to Under the Sea 3-D. But I'm glad I did.
02/13/09
This is the fourth Imax underwater excursion, and the second in 3-D, and it may just be the best yet.
02/13/09
Top CriticUnder the Sea 3D is one of the best of the genre. If it doesn't serve oysters, per se, this submarine wonder offers marvels in abundance.
02/13/09
Top CriticThe visuals are intimate and startling, comparable only to viewing a fantastic aquarium, and the aquarium is sitting in your lap.
02/13/09
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