The film favors the scientific over the spectacular (visually speaking).
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05/31/03
Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) (2002)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:20
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 43 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: CORAL REEF ADVENTURE (originally an IMAX presentation) offers a breathtaking look at the picturesque scenery of the South Pacific. With a combination of awesome underwater cinematographers and... [More]
Director: Greg MacGillivray
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Reviews for Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX)
Explores coral reefs around the Pacific Ocean with a dazzling and sometimes irritating variety of computer graphics, brilliant nature photography and jarring sound effects straight out of Finding Nemo.
10/03/03
The large-frame IMAX camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs, making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers.
03/07/03
You won't find Nemo. But you'll find zillions of other creatures amazing in their color, fragility and rarity.
03/22/04
Part amusement park ride, part public service announcement, Coral Reef Adventure is most effective when doing what Imax movies do best: transporting audiences to unusual places they might not otherwise visit.
01/30/04
Top CriticCan be enjoyed simply as a spectacular South Seas travelogue with superb underwater footage. Its environmental warnings are an added and important bonus.
06/07/03
Overall, the producers do a nice job balancing beautiful scenery with a serious message.
03/05/04
Top CriticWe learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef.
06/06/03
Perfectly balances entertainment and nature-science elements in its brisk and sometimes thrilling 46 minutes.
10/17/03
Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching.
03/24/03
Color, musical bounce and warm seas lapping on island shores. And just enough science to send you home thinking.
02/27/03
The panoramic views of various island locations are, of course, gorgeous, and inspire a kind of giddy vertigo.
03/26/04
As beautiful as it often is to watch, Coral Reef Adventure ultimately comes off as a bit too kid-friendly and faux-inspirational, which is kind of a drag.
06/07/03
Lots of very pretty images with lots of dazzling colors. There is also an element of science. The trouble is, science and environmentalism don't mix that well.
05/12/04
A moving and not infrequently breathtaking film.
02/20/03
A film for all who care about the world their children and grandchildren will inherit.
02/27/03
Top Critic[Fiji diver Rusi Vulakoro and the married couple Howard and Michelle Hall] show us the world they love and make us love it, too.
02/24/03
A truly magical experience, Coral Reef Adventure entices us deep into the ocean’s wonderland, dazzling us by the wonders of life beneath the surface.
02/24/04
Remarkable undersea footage, most of it starring fish and coral so unusually shaped and brightly colored that one has to remind oneself that they're real.
01/28/04
Adventure it is, and of the most exhilarating sort.
02/20/03
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