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  • Starring: Meryl Streep
  • Summary: The film takes audiences on a never-before-experienced journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. (Warner Bros.)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. Reviewed by: Scott Bowles
    Apr 19, 2012
    75
    Visually stunning and narratively stunted, this IMAX documentary is the family version of 2006's "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary on global warming.
  2. Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Apr 18, 2012
    58
    Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray, a specialist in gigantic-screen nature movies including "The Living Sea," is up to date in his use of 70mm IMAX film, but he's stuck in the past about how to tell a story.
  3. 50
    After seven trips made over four years, the production was about to wrap when the crew, aboard an icebreaker, encountered a polar bear mom and twin cubs that decided to hang around for a week – offering a rare opportunity to film the daily life of these notoriously camera-shy creatures.
  4. Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    Apr 20, 2012
    38
    Yes, there's some spectacular footage. But there's also an awful lot of filler for a 40-minute movie.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. Amazing panoramic views, thoughtful and family friendly story telling, and great use of musical selections. I don't agree with the comment "a lot of filler" as it is a documentary, thus you should anticipate greater use of imagery and visuals. My kindergardener loved it. Expand
  2. Essentially filler aside from one suspenseful sequence. Even with the outstanding footage, it is a chore to watch due to the overbearing narration and meandering story. Expand

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