Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of a walrus and her calf, and a polar bear and her cubs, in a similar vein to the 2005 hit production March of the Penguins, also from National Geographic.
Arctic Tale does afford us some beautiful landscape cinematography and up-close looks at creatures in the wild...
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Aug 2007
fresh:
It's aimed at kids, and it hits them squarely: My 6-year-old and his friend sat stock still, hypnotized.
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
17 Aug 2007
fresh:
Make no mistake, Arctic Tale is a stunning film, full of all the astonishing, even breathtaking nature photography we've come to expect from the folks at National Geographic.
– Peter Debruge,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug 2007
rotten:
A well-intentioned film that isn't a documentary and isn't a very good adventure story.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
20 Aug 2007
rotten:
This anthropomorphic Disneyfication -- presumably intended to give youngsters something to relate to -- is made worse by the film's elementary dialogue and Queen Latifah's crass 'n' brash delivery.