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  • 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.)

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. USA Today
    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. Entertainment Weekly
    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. New York Post
    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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  1. rcharlotte
    7
    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
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