Fresh
Gripping.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
The Last Lions
The Most Powerful Force In Nature Is A Mother's Love
2011 · 1h 28m · PG
Documentary
Directed by
Dereck Joubert
,
Beverly Joubert
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The Last Lions
Overview
In Botswana's Okavango Delta, an ostracized lioness and her two cubs must fight alone to survive - overcoming all manner of hazards. Their only defense is to escape to Duba Island -- and with that, an unknown future. The setting for this epic tale is one of the last regions where lions can live in the wild. Faced with dwindling land and increasing pressure from hunting, lions - like our lone lioness and her cubs - are approaching the brink of extinction.
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87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A gorgeous looking film filled with the sort of footage one can only get with patience and persistence.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Many of the sequences are intense, like those in which the lioness refines its hunting strategies in unfamiliar territory. But they're undercut by Jeremy Irons's sonorous narration.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Wrenching and wondrous, Dereck and Beverly Joubert's documentary The Last Lions is not a tale for the faint-hearted.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
While "The Last Lions" lacks the visceral excitement of some other survival dramas, it has anthropomorphic heart to spare.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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