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Arctic Tale

Play trailer Poster for Arctic Tale G,  2007,  1h 36m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 98 Reviews Tomatometer 61% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 98 Reviews 61% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Nanu, a polar bear cub, and Seela, a young walrus, live and grow to maturity in the frozen wilderness of the North, where the tundra has been a haven to their kind for countless generations. Now Nanu, Seela and the rest of the Arctic's wildlife experience the diminishment of their environment, as global warming literally melts the ice beneath them.
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Critics Consensus

Arctic Tale features breathtaking nature cinematography, but is undone by its over-cutesy narration.

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Debbie Day Premiere Magazine Nov 3, 2016
3/4
"It's a playful study of Arctic life, starring a polar bear cub, its prey, and a tagalong fox -- with the inevitable dramatic moments when bear meets walrus." Go to Full Review
Stephen Garrett Time Out Nov 17, 2011
2/5
This anthropomorphic Disneyfication -- presumably intended to give youngsters something to relate to -- is made worse by the film's elementary dialogue and Queen Latifah's crass 'n' brash delivery. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian Oct 18, 2008
1/5
It doesn't take a cynic to wonder if editing trickery has been deployed to clarify or simply fabricate these events. Go to Full Review
Toni Vall Cinemanía (Spain) Nov 4, 2020
2/5
Cute but innocuous. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews Jun 19, 2009
1.5/4
Arctic Tale isn't a documentary. They say it right there in the title, see? It's a tale. [Blu-ray] Go to Full Review
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures Apr 28, 2009
3/5
The photography of Arctic Tale is what makes it so good. The nature documentary style of this movie is brilliant and breathtaking at times. Go to Full Review
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Adam Ravetch

Director

Sarah Robertson

Director

Queen Latifah

Narrator

Keenan Smart

Producer

Adam Leipzig

Producer

Cat Stevens

Original Music

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Synopsis Nanu, a polar bear cub, and Seela, a young walrus, live and grow to maturity in the frozen wilderness of the North, where the tundra has been a haven to their kind for countless generations. Now Nanu, Seela and the rest of the Arctic's wildlife experience the diminishment of their environment, as global warming literally melts the ice beneath them.
Director
Adam Ravetch, Sarah Robertson
Producer
Keenan Smart, Adam Leipzig
Screenwriter
Linda Woolverton, Mose Richards, Kristin Gore
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
National Geographic Society
Rating
G
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 17, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$833.3K
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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