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2018
G
Warner Bros.
42 m

2018
G
Warner Bros.
42 m

Summary At Chengdu Panda Base in China, scientists are dedicated to protecting the species by breeding adult Giant Pandas in order to introduce cubs into the wild. This film follows one such researcher, whose passion leads her to initiate a new technique inspired by a black bear program in rural New Hampshire. What starts as a cross-culture co...

Directed By: David Douglas, Drew Fellman

Written By: Drew Fellman

2018
G
Warner Bros.
42 m

2018
G
Warner Bros.
42 m

Pandas

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

7.8

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Summary At Chengdu Panda Base in China, scientists are dedicated to protecting the species by breeding adult Giant Pandas in order to introduce cubs into the wild. This film follows one such researcher, whose passion leads her to initiate a new technique inspired by a black bear program in rural New Hampshire. What starts as a cross-culture co...

Directed By: David Douglas, Drew Fellman

Written By: Drew Fellman

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Kristen Bell

Self - Narrator

Wen Lei Bi

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Rong Hou

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Ben Kilham

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Jacob Owens

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The Seattle Times

Apr 3, 2018

Pandas leaves its viewer newly educated, filled with hope, and dazzled.

By Moira Macdonald FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 3, 2018

Co-directors David Douglas and Drew Fellman achieve the ideal balance of tender storytelling delivered with a conservationist message. But it’s ultimately the visual experience offered that sets Pandas apart from the titles in the impressive wildlife series from Disneynature.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Apr 5, 2018

Brightly narrated by Kristen Bell, the documentary illustrates the challenges of saving the endangered animals with the story of one bear born in the captive breeding program at Chengdu Panda Base in China.

Apr 5, 2018

The unexpectedly impressive nature documentary Pandas is so visually dynamic that even the most pedantic (think Neil deGrasse Tyson level) skeptics will probably not mind listening to narrator Kristen Bell — speaking for writer–co-director Drew Fellman — rattle off 43 minutes’ worth of cutesy panda trivia.

By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

Apr 5, 2018

After watching David Douglas and Drew Fellman’s visually spectacular, technically amazing, and occasionally cutesy documentary, Pandas, you’d think that IMAX 3-D was invented solely for close-ups of adorable panda cubs, their giant doleful, domino faces peering out with cuddly curiosity.

By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW

Apr 3, 2018

Pandas is less sentimental than you expect, but you can respect the film’s honesty and still leave it hoping that the next true-life panda adventure delivers more of a feel-good ending — for the audience, and mostly for the pandas.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

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20% Mixed
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Details

Production Company IMAX

Release Date Apr 6, 2018

Duration 42 m

Rating G

Genres

Tagline Wild at Heart

Website https://www.imax.com/movies/pandas

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Awards

Muse Creative Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

• 1 Nomination

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