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Microcosmos (1996)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:27

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.9/10

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: This film provides a fascinating, up-close view of the world of insects, snails, and other tiny invertebrates as they work, eat, fight and procreate. This acclaimed French documentary was filmed... This film provides a fascinating, up-close view of the world of insects, snails, and other tiny invertebrates as they work, eat, fight and procreate. This acclaimed French documentary was filmed with special microscopic cameras and high-resolution microphones, which bring the viewer into the subjects' figurative living room. [More]

Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou

Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou
Producer: Christophe Barratier, Jacques Perrin

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May 3, 2005

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  • MicroCosmos
  • MICROCOSMOS captures the fun and adventure of a spectacular hidden universe revealed in a breathtaking, close-up view unlike anything you've ever seen! Your family will marvel at a pair of stag beetles dueling like titans. The kids will stare bug-eyed as a magnificent army of worker ants race to stock their larder ... while tyring to avoid becoming a feisty pheasant's dinner. And you'll have a front-row seat to witness an amazing transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, the remarkable birth of a mosquito, and several other minute miracles of life. With its tiny cast of thousands, MICROCOSMOS leaves no doubt that "Mother Nature remains the greatest special effects wizard of all" (New York Times).
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    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    07/30/03
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    A movie with a quirky vision.

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    01/01/00
    Andy Seiler
    Andy Seiler
    USA Today

    Should give the viewer a buzz.

    Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    06/04/05
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Both informative and entertaining, French docu doesn't presume any previous knowledge of or interest in the subject, finding the right tone (serio and also slyly humorous) to introduce in detail a previously unrecorded but fascinating universe.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    08/16/07
    Emanuel Levy
    Emanuel Levy
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    Innovative documentary about the teeming world of bugs in a French countryside meadow.

    Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
    08/26/02
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Spirituality and Practice

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    01/01/00
    Jack Garner
    Jack Garner
    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

    The material presented here is so compelling and so true to the natural processes it records that it's beside the point to wonder if the filmmakers sped them up.

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    01/15/04
    Jake Euker
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    01/17/05
    Matt Bailey
    Matt Bailey
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    Ao revelar o microscópico universo que nos cerca, este maravilhoso documentário faz com que, paradoxalmente, o espectador se sinta pequeno.

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    02/09/05
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    Philip Martin
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    fascinating and gorgeous

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    02/26/05
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    This is art.

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    05/31/05
    Rory L. Aronsky
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    Russell Smith
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    07/29/03
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