
A docudrama that centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell. He periodically journeyed to Alaska to study and live with the bears. He was killed, along with his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, by a rogue bear in October 2003. The films explores Treadwell's compassionate life as he found solace among these endangered animals.... (Full plot summary below)
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A docudrama that centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell. He periodically journeyed to Alaska to study and live with the bears. He was killed, along with his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, by a rogue bear in October 2003. The films explores Treadwell's compassionate life as he found solace among these endangered animals.
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| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleWe've already seen the fantastic March of the Penguins and Murderball,but Grizzly Man also needs to be included in discussion of possible Oscar contenders |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansHerzog finds a real-life figure to rival the outsized characters of his greatest films, Aguirre: The Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Zadie SmithHerzog has his documentary in hand, explaining that what we have here "iz on astone-ishing story of beauty and depth". He's not wrong. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieWhatever you finally conclude about Treadwell, Herzog has made a one-of-a-kind movie. |
| Blogcritics.orgAlan DaleHerzog, who remains immune to Treadwell's projections and to his self-regard, works here as a poet of the first order [in Ruskin's hierarchy]. |
| Palm Beach Daily NewsFrank HoustonA haunting documentary about the fine line between devotion and delusion that deepens our appreciation for both animal and human nature. |
| Filmcritic.comEric Meyersonflows like snowmelt due to Herzog's opinionated narration and dramatic interviews |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesHerzog's stirring, thought-provoking documentary meditates with exceeding insight into the mind that drove the man. |
| BBC.comJamie WoolleyGerman auteur Werner Herzog pieces together the remarkable footage Treadwell left behind into a superb portrait of a fractured obsessive living literally on the edge. |
| Empire MagazineDan JolinA complex, unique and engrossing journey into the murky recesses of an unhinged mind. It really needs to be seen to be believed. |