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81
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Arctic Tale
Paramount Vantage
MPAA RATING: G
Starring
Queen Latifah
From National Geographic Films, the people who brought you March of the Penguins and Paramount Classics, the studio that brought you An Inconvenient Truth, Arctic Tale is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela and the polar bear, Nanu, on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness. Once a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, the walrus and the polar bear are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them. (Paramount Vantage)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Kristin Gore
Mose Richards
Linda Woolverton
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Sarah Robertson
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 4, 2007
Theatrical: July 25, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
96 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Positioned to be the environmental documentary of the year.

75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
For all the inevitable comparisons to March Of The Penguins, Arctic Tale isn't quite a nature documentary.

75
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The best reason to see this documentary is for the stunning shots of polar bears and walruses in the Arctic Circle. If the filmmakers had just left it at that, they would have accomplished a lot.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Whatever problems some might have with its execution, it's hard to argue against a film whose intent is to kindle youthful compassion for living things and inspire action to protect Earth and its creatures.

75
TV Guide
Ken Fox
For all the impending doom, the film remains suitable for kids of all ages (the filmmakers even end on a happily reassuring note that is at odds with the film's overall message).

75
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
It's a respectable attempt to get kids who like cuddly animals thinking about death and destruction on a global scale.

75
Premiere
Deborah Day
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.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Arctic Tale has a very precise audience in mind: Young children who aren't yet ready for the graphs and sociopolitical alarm bells of "An Inconvenient Truth."

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
It plucks ceaselessly at our heartstrings to play a sad song indeed.

75
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
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.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
As charming as it is instructive.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber
Spectacular photography of the frigid domain of polar bears, walruses and seals is the chief attraction of Arctic Tale.

70
Variety
Ken Eisner
Queen Latifah proves an amiably authoritative narrator, and is allowed more personality than most script readers.

70
Village Voice
Ella Taylor
A smarmy score, some orgiastic farting from a herd of walruses, and a modicum of cutesy anthropomorphism from narrator Queen Latifah prove a small price to pay for this stunningly photographed narrative documentary about a year in the endangered life of Arctic ice floe.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Sometimes a little too pat, a little too cute.

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Watching bear cubs and walrus pups struggling to survive against increasingly tough odds, and on ever-slushier ice shelves, has both its shamelessly manipulative side and its dramatically necessary side, as handled here. This proves one thing: Unlike global warming, some stories really do have two sides.

63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The script, narrated by Queen Latifah, is so embarrassingly dorky (it was co-written by Kristin Gore) that it's like Fred Rogers gone hip-hop.

63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The flat narration by Queen Latifah doesn't help, but Adam Ravetch and his wife Sarah Robertson's nature film, Arctic Tale, fails to inspire the kind of rapturous response we felt for "March of the Penguins" for other reasons.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jennie Punter
Icy landscapes, the cozy tones of Queen Latifah and a walrus-farting scene that rivals the campfire bean-fuelled explosions of "Blazing Saddles" help make Arctic Tale, a new wildlife documentary, a fun family indoor excursion.

60
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
The impact of Arctic Tale is blunted by its length (it feels long at 85 minutes) and by its script.

60
The New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
The movie’s stunning underwater photography (fearlessly captured by Mr. Ravetch) effectively dilutes the saccharine tone.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Reinforcing the adage that looks aren't everything, the live-action animal drama Arctic Tale arrives in an impressive visual package and even boasts a timely message, but its undistinguished storytelling is a big letdown.

50
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Watching these endangered species evolve new approaches to hunting and shelter is fascinating, but the movie is seriously marred by a cloying screenplay and such kid-pleasing touches as shots of walruses belching and farting.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
In the end, I'm conflicted about the film. As an accessible family film, it delivers the goods. But it lives in the shadow of "March of the Penguins." Despite its sad scenes, it sentimentalizes.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Justin Berton
Makes an unpersuasive case that humans are to blame for the shrinking ice caps.

50
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
The movie is edited and, worse, narrated in ways that sabotage the magic and even undercut the movie's message.


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