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Critics Consensus: Arctic Tale features breathtaking nature cinematography, but is undone by its over-cutesy narration.
Critic Consensus: Arctic Tale features breathtaking nature cinematography, but is undone by its over-cutesy narration.
All Critics (98) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (38) | DVD (8)
"It's a playful study of Arctic life, starring a polar bear cub, its prey, and a tagalong fox -- with the inevitable dramatic moments when bear meets walrus."
This anthropomorphic Disneyfication -- presumably intended to give youngsters something to relate to -- is made worse by the film's elementary dialogue and Queen Latifah's crass 'n' brash delivery.
It doesn't take a cynic to wonder if editing trickery has been deployed to clarify or simply fabricate these events.
A well-intentioned film that isn't a documentary and isn't a very good adventure story.
Make no mistake, Arctic Tale is a stunning film, full of all the astonishing, even breathtaking nature photography we've come to expect from the folks at National Geographic.
It's aimed at kids, and it hits them squarely: My 6-year-old and his friend sat stock still, hypnotized.
Arctic Tale isn't a documentary. They say it right there in the title, see? It's a tale. [Blu-ray]
The photography of Arctic Tale is what makes it so good. The nature documentary style of this movie is brilliant and breathtaking at times.
This effort soundly delivers the inconvenient truth to the generation who'll inherit it.
...the movie is mainly for the benefit of children, a good thing because the world will soon enough be in their hands.
Overall, Arctic Tale's one true message is clear: Stop global warming before it's too late.
Partnering its ursine heroine's progress with that of a female walrus calf, Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson's documentary combines stunning wildlife footage with an environmental message.
The footage was amazing and so were the stories of the animals they followed. It's very cute, but also really sad...
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What do we learn watching this movie? Fuzzy baby bears are cuter than baby walruses. Being a wild animal is tough. Its made tougher when the walrus' breeding grounds are melting away.
So sad. Have tissues handy... Made me realize just how desperate it is to stop global warming. I have taken an active role in fighting this cause since watching this movie. This needs to end now.
Gorgeous vistas are undermined by narration, message, flatulance.
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