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White Diamond, The

Universal acclaim
Based on 12 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary | Foreign
Written by:
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 1, 2005
DVD: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: Germany
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Werner Herzog (narrator)
A film about the daring adventure of exploring the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device -- the Jungle Airship.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
An inexpressibly beautiful and moving film, even though (or because) it seems to be about someone unimportant doing something irrelevant, perhaps something silly, in the face of insurmountable odds and a world that doesn't care.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker Anthony Lane
Werner Herzog may lack heroes, nowadays, who seem adequate to his fierce capacity for wonder. When occasion demands, however, he can still turn the world upside down.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Herzog also finds extraordinary beauty in what Dorrington is trying to accomplish: Like Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his boat, Dorrington wants to float around the natural world in a reverie, and when he finally does, he experiences a connection with Plage that's genuinely transcendent.
Read Full Review >Variety Russell Edwards
Herzog's eye for the weird sometimes makes the docu feel strained, but engaging characters imbue the pic with depth and emotional appeal.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Having emerged from his new German cinema heyday as one of the world's most guileless and original documentary filmmakers, Herzog has slowly been crafting a four-dimensional fresco of the planet, its most human-resistant landscapes, and our dubious dramas in confronting the chaos.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
The film, which includes some breathtakingly beautiful images of the green, wet Guyanese jungle and a monumental waterfall that cuts through it, is driven less by narrative than by ideas and impressions.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
An intoxicating dream of a film that speaks to the daydreamer in all of us.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Although The White Diamond is entire of itself, it earns its place among the other treasures and curiosities in Herzog's work. Here is one of the most inquisitive filmmakers alive, a man who will go to incredible lengths to film people living at the extremes.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
This 2004 video documentary by Werner Herzog arrives in town while his hair-raising "Grizzly Man" is still playing, and it's a fascinating companion piece even though his manipulations are more obvious.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
Magnificent shots of waterfalls and other natural phenomena abound, but it's far too late in the history of nature photography to expect anyone to gawk at them.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Joe K. gave it a10:
Another glimpse of the ecstatic truth from just about the greatest man to ever live...Werner Herzog. I mean that. How else to describe someone whose work thrills me so. Enjoy. Long live Red Man!
Ken L gave it a4:
I have long been a Herzog fan, but he lost me with this dull, meaningless documentary about....about..hmmm what was it about?
Stewart M. gave it a10:
An engaging portrait of a complex and engaging peronality. A original spirit who has the honesty to follow his dreams in our increasingly safe and mundane world.
