Fresh
Visually [it's] quite seductive.
Michael Phillips, At the Movies
Oceans
Explore the depths of our planet's oceans. Experience the stories that connect their world to ours.
2010 · 1h 44m · G
Documentary, Drama, Family
Directed by
Jacques Perrin
,
Jacques Cluzaud
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Oceans
Overview
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
Director and cast
- Jacques Perrin Director
- Jacques Cluzaud Director
- Pierce Brosnan as Narrator (voice: English version)
- Jacques Perrin as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Rie Miyazawa as Narrator (voice: Japanese version)
- Aldo Baglio as Narrator (voice: Italian version)
- Matthias Brandt as Narrator (voice: German version)
- Lancelot Perrin as Himself
- Manolo García as Narrator
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Narrator (voice: Spanish version)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Oh, it's amazing.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Fresh
Its visual splendor more than makes up for its intellectual poverty.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fresh
There are life-and-death dramas, moments of playfulness and tenderness, which create an ever-increasing sense of wonder.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Horseshoe crabs scuttle like possessed Nazi helmets and a school of fish morphs from dreidel to disco ball, as if choreographed by Busby Berkeley.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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