CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune

Kit Bowen - Hollywood.com

Jami Bernard - NY Daily News

John Anderson - Newsday

Rob Blackwelder - SPLICEDwire

Annette Cardwell - filmcritic.com

Randy Cordova - Arizona Republic

Bridget Byrne - Boxoffice Magazine

Mike Clark - USA Today

Ty Burr - Boston Globe

William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

Jonathan Foreman - NY Post

Judith Prescott - Hollywood Reporter

Mick LaSalle - SF Chronicle

DUELING CRITICS

"The film's beauty isn't a distraction...but rather the central point. There's something simple yet miraculous about watching these beautiful animals interact with the wild and each other, even if their actions are being manipulated for the sake of drama"

- Mark Caro

"Schizophrenic, an uplifting film that's truly depressing, a movie about cruelty that tries to be fluffy...In many ways a beautiful film, but it's also a troubled one...Who wants to watch animals being terrorized for two hours?"

- Mick LaSalle