Arctic Tale (2007)
62 %
Reviews Counted: 91 Fresh: 56 Rotten:35 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus:
Arctic Tale features breathtaking nature cinematography, but is undone by its over-cutesy narration.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 25, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $598,103
Synopsis: This heartbreaking documentary puts a face on the sad statistics of global warming--and though it's not a human face, it's the perhaps even more effective face of an adorable polar bear cub, Nanu, along with her mother, her brother, and her natural enemy, the equally heart-melting Seela the... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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02/12/08
The filmmakers probably thought the truth would be too upsetting for children, so we get walrus farts instead.
02/11/08
Well intentioned, spectacularly filmed, and packing a vital message, Arctic Tale is worthwhile, even if its old style presentation leaves us less than thrilled.
12/19/07
Capitalizing on the successes of both March of the Penguins and An Inconvenient Truth, the sappy Artic Tale is more akin to a commercial for a McDonald's Happy Meal.
12/09/07
...the movie is mainly for the benefit of children, a good thing because the world will soon enough be in their hands.
12/05/07
those expecting a March of the Penguins-like good time are going to hit eject on the DVD player feeling awfully depressed
12/01/07
Putting an animal’s face to global warming is conceptually smart and would’ve been more effective if it were applied to other species in other climate zones too.
10/16/07
If you're expecting a dramatic fictional depiction of life in the semi-frozen north, you'll find the stories pretty thin. This is not The Call of the Wild.
09/19/07
As a baby boomer myself, "Arctic Tale" falls just short of the Disney gems. But the aquatic adventures of the walruses alone get my seal of approval.
09/13/07
Although lacking the lyric force of March of the Penguins and Winged Migration, the film combines a great story with world-class photography to tell a unique National Geographic tale.
09/07/07
It makes you extremely grateful that Smell-O-Vision was never perfected.
08/28/07
If it's sometimes a little too pat, a little too cute, bear in mind that this film's target audience is the post-Barney, pre-Bratz set and not John James Audubon.
08/25/07
(like) those cunningly engineered Disney 'True-Life Adventures'... in which scorpions appeared to dance... and supposedly lovelorn squirrels awaited what the narrator called their 'moment of fulfillment.'
08/24/07
I'm willing to overlook some lowest-common-denominator idiocy in favor of some well-produced nature photography.
08/22/07
A well-intentioned film that isn’t a documentary and isn’t a very good adventure story.
08/20/07
Top Critic
Some kids at the screening I attended were growing restless ... and so was I.
08/18/07
Child-pandering and overly anthropomorphized, Arctic Tale is a blatant cash-grab by National Geographic Films.
08/18/07
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