
An inspiring exploration of one family's resilience and fortitude shot using innovative and groundbreaking filming techniques.... (Full plot summary below)
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An inspiring exploration of one family's resilience and fortitude shot using innovative and groundbreaking filming techniques.
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| Independent (UK)Anthony QuinnThe narrative lags some way behind the beautiful nature photography and the comical majesty of the meerkat on guard, poking his head above a hidey-hole like a periscope over a parapet. These pictures don't really need any words. |
| Daily Mirror (UK)David EdwardsA movie guaranteed to enchant all. Mind you, with a cast this cute, they couldn't really fail. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessContains plenty of high drama thanks to some judicious editing and cutting-edge camera work and it avoids sentimentalising nature too much by showing death on screen and weaving in a subtle environmental message. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchHas some good footage but is more Disney-anthropomorphic than Attenborough-authentic. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeThe beauty and intimacy of the material they so painstakingly captured ultimately overrides the mawkish score and sentimental narration. |
| GuardianCatherine Shoard"Even the wind has dust in its eyes," remarks Newman, at an especially weepy bit. Others may have trouble keeping them open. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterA film that is entertaining, informative and filled with irresistibly cute critters. |
| Film4Daniel EtheringtonVisually striking but not a nature documentary for people who like their wildlife presented with the emphasis on knowledge and information, rather than on story, cuteness and anthropomorphism. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsDespite the involvement of a producer from the BBC's Natural History Unit and the late Paul Newman on voiceover duty, 'The Meerkats' is just another run-of-the-mill wildlife foray. |
| User ReviewRiley HThis story follows the young Meerkat Kolo as he learns his place amongst his family. Full of sweet and funny moments it's also tinged with the hardships of surviving in one of the world's harshest environments. It's beautifully filmed; the landscape is breath-taking and the other inhabitants are a mixture of cute and scary, as they try to co-exist! Paul Newman narrates wonderfully and makes this a dramatic and heartfelt piece as you watch Kolo's journey. Beautiful! |