One Life Reviews
A visually gorgeous, at times astonishing screen experience.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Nature films don't come any more spectacular than the BBC's "One Life."
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| Original Score: 3/4
A typical British nature documentary, which is to say, a very good film, and one that mostly balances the "awwws" with the awesome.
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| Original Score: 3/4
A typically eye-catching, years-in-the-making chronicle of animal life that is tainted by the urge to anthropomorphize.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Another gorgeously shot document of nature's majesty, this one focusing on the life cycle-and interconnectedness-of all living creatures.
Slant Magazine
As much as Daniel Craig's narration can feel tacked-on, it's really secondary to the film's expert camerawork.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
What's before our eyes suggests we share the planet with some amazingly strange beings.
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| Original Score: 3/4
It's obvious One Life is all about the visual impact. And in that regard, the film is just stunning.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Shadows on the Wall
The camera work on this nature documentary is so staggering that it really is worth seeing on a very big screen.
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| Original Score: 4/5
ViewLondon
Beautifully shot and featuring some genuinely astonishing footage, this is a thoroughly entertaining documentary that delivers a powerful message.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Scotsman
Shot with dazzling technical prowess.
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| Original Score: 3/5
This is London
A technically brilliant wildlife documentary from BBC Earth Film, let down by its gushy, absurdly pro-family script.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Mirror [UK]
One Life is a film truly deserving that much-abused adjective of unmissable.
Guardian [UK]
Quite a spectacle, and a nice family outing.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Radio Times
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
A well structured montage of wall-to-wall splendor, 'One Life' is the culmination of years of patient filming that deserves to be seen in all its glory - on the big screen.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Total Film
This BBC Earth animal-behaviour doco catches the sheer jaw-dropping mentalness of the creature kingdom round the globe.
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| Original Score: 3/5

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