
In the mountains of Sichuan, China, a researcher forms a bond with Qian Qian, a panda who is about to experience nature for the first time.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the mountains of Sichuan, China, a researcher forms a bond with Qian Qian, a panda who is about to experience nature for the first time.
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| The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldPandas leaves its viewer newly educated, filled with hope, and dazzled. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneJeff StricklerBy the time it's all said and done, you don't just want to help save the pandas, you want to take one home with you. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriBrightly narrated by Kristen Bell, the documentary illustrates the challenges of saving the endangered animals with the story of one bear born in the captive breeding program at Chengdu Panda Base in China. |
| The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenCo-directors David Douglas and Drew Fellman achieve the ideal balance of tender storytelling delivered with a conservationist message. But it’s ultimately the visual experience offered that sets Pandas apart from the titles in the impressive wildlife series from Disneynature. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellThis absorbing film...manages to pack a lot of information - and some real drama - into its 40-minute running time. |
| Common Sense MediaSandie Angulo ChenEducational doc about scientists training pandas to go wild. |
| Village VoiceSimon AbramsThe unexpectedly impressive nature documentary Pandas is so visually dynamic that even the most pedantic (think Neil deGrasse Tyson level) skeptics will probably not mind listening to narrator Kristen Bell — speaking for writer–co-director Drew Fellman — rattle off 43 minutes’ worth of cutesy panda trivia. |
| Boston GlobePeter KeoughAfter watching David Douglas and Drew Fellman’s visually spectacular, technically amazing, and occasionally cutesy documentary, Pandas, you’d think that IMAX 3-D was invented solely for close-ups of adorable panda cubs, their giant doleful, domino faces peering out with cuddly curiosity. |
| Original CinJim SlotekThough dazzling to watch and almost unbearably cute (sorry) Pandas is infuriatingly spare with its facts and will leave kids asking questions. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanPandas is less sentimental than you expect, but you can respect the film’s honesty and still leave it hoping that the next true-life panda adventure delivers more of a feel-good ending — for the audience, and mostly for the pandas. |