A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.... (Full plot summary below)
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A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
Leave your thoughts about Microcosmos.
| Common Sense MediaTracy MooreBreathtaking docu zooms in on insect life in vivid color. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThe revelation of Microcosmos isn’t just that the insect world has a complex and stirring order — it’s how close these bugs come to having minds. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackAn extraordinary entertainment that personalizes the world of insects and other invertebrates and leaves audiences with an itching conviction of the poetry of nature. |
| Film ThreatRory L. AronskyMicrocosmos is that rare film to lead us, to reiterate why the camera is just as important as the paintbrush, keyboard, pen, chunks of clay, and anything else that can be used to make art. This is art. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is a work of art and whimsy as much as one of science. |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserThe movie is magnificent and stunning the way few spectator events are. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAfter watching Microcosmos, it will be impossible to take a walk in the woods without being aware of the amazing tapestry of activity going on all around, yet out of sight. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenScales glisten, legs scuttle, antennae unfurl, all in a symphony of exquisite shapes and inhuman motion. Watching the movie is like peering into a living kaleidoscope. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe movie is rated G, and it's very much recommended to children who are fascinated with all things squirmy. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe spectacle is absolutely enthralling, and even a bit frightening. |
