Arctic Tale

Name: Arctic Tale
Genre: Family, Documentary
Released: July 25, 2007
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Queen Latifah

2007

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Paramount Vantage | Release Date: July 25, 2007 | G

Starring: Queen Latifah

Summary: 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 adolescenceFrom 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)… Expand

Director: Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson

Genre(s): Family, Documentary

Rating: G

Runtime: 96 min

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William Arnold

Positioned to be the environmental documentary of the year. Read full review

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. Read full review

Tasha Robinson

For all the inevitable comparisons to March Of The Penguins, Arctic Tale isn't quite a nature documentary. Read full review

Desson Thomson

As charming as it is instructive. Read full review

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. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

The movie’s stunning underwater photography (fearlessly captured by Mr. Ravetch) effectively dilutes the saccharine tone. Read full review

Michael Sragow

The movie is edited and, worse, narrated in ways that sabotage the magic and even undercut the movie's message. Read full review

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IRP

Jun 1, 2009

There's a miracle in this wildlife drama, and it is implied on the whole story of the bear and the seal's fight for survival. Amazing!

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A.J.J

Jul 26, 2007

Fantastic footage - of course I love Polar bears so I'm biased. But this is the best - wish there were more movies like this!

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JoeB

Aug 10, 2008

A well done nature documentary; if one can stomach the incessant global warming ideology that the film repeatedly harps on. Cute and realistic animal scenes, and yet the viewer is constantly reminded that in many ways human beings are essentially responsible for the harshness of these A well done nature documentary; if one can stomach the incessant global warming ideology that the film repeatedly harps on. Cute and realistic animal scenes, and yet the viewer is constantly reminded that in many ways human beings are essentially responsible for the harshness of these creatures' lives, due to our participation in global warming and the "disappearance" of the arctic ice. Good movie, but it could have been so much more if it hadn't been so shamelessly politicized. Be sure to debrief your kids after watching, as the movie tugs on their emotions to brainwash them into its environmental philosophies.… Expand

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tomJ

Jan 16, 2008

Makes an unpersuasive case that humans are to blame for the shrinking ice caps.

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