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One Life (2013)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0

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Average Rating: 4.2/5
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Daniel Craig narrates a feature length documentary about survival in the natural world.

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Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes

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A visually gorgeous, at times astonishing screen experience.

February 22, 2013 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times
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Nature films don't come any more spectacular than the BBC's "One Life."

February 22, 2013 Full Review Source: New York Post
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A typical British nature documentary, which is to say, a very good film, and one that mostly balances the "awwws" with the awesome.

February 21, 2013 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger
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A typically eye-catching, years-in-the-making chronicle of animal life that is tainted by the urge to anthropomorphize.

February 20, 2013 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Another gorgeously shot document of nature's majesty, this one focusing on the life cycle-and interconnectedness-of all living creatures.

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: Village Voice
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What's before our eyes suggests we share the planet with some amazingly strange beings.

March 23, 2012 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
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As much as Daniel Craig's narration can feel tacked-on, it's really secondary to the film's expert camerawork.

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

The camera work on this nature documentary is so staggering that it really is worth seeing on a very big screen.

November 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall
Shadows on the Wall

Beautifully shot and featuring some genuinely astonishing footage, this is a thoroughly entertaining documentary that delivers a powerful message.

November 16, 2011 Full Review Source: ViewLondon
ViewLondon

Shot with dazzling technical prowess.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Scotsman

A technically brilliant wildlife documentary from BBC Earth Film, let down by its gushy, absurdly pro-family script.

July 22, 2011 Full Review Source: This is London
This is London

One Life is a film truly deserving that much-abused adjective of unmissable.

July 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK]
Daily Mirror [UK]

A fascinating salute to all creatures great and small.

July 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Daily Express
Daily Express

Quite a spectacle, and a nice family outing.

July 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]
Guardian [UK]

Four years in the making, this is simply a staggering achievement, with a standard of photography that continues Britain's excellence in the field of wildlife film-making.

July 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Radio Times
Radio Times

This BBC Earth animal-behaviour doco catches the sheer jaw-dropping mentalness of the creature kingdom round the globe.

July 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Total Film
Total Film

Audience Reviews for One Life

A little wonder of a nature documentary, beautifully filmed and composed. Following a large variety of animals, some well known, some very obscure, through different stages of life: from the care for the offspring to the struggle for food or the search for mates. While we only get short glimpses into their respective lives, what we see and learn still fills us with a sense of wonder, leaving us in awe of the beauty of nature. Thankfully, the narration is limited to the very basic information, never gets preachy or too lyrical. Very well done. Impressive and memorable.
May 27, 2013
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90% For this movie in its own class and genre. Lots of variety in little bits of BBC nature material from all over the world and different types of atmosphere. On cinema screen this is a lot better than on television.
It was a real pity firemen came and told us to leave the building 15 minutes prior to the end.
July 27, 2011
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