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Oceans (Disneynature's Oceans)

Oceans (Disneynature's Oceans) (2009)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 73
Fresh: 59 | Rotten: 14

Oceans adds another visually stunning chapter to the Disney Nature library.

100

Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0

Oceans adds another visually stunning chapter to the Disney Nature library.

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Movie Info

Winged Migration co-directors Jacques Cluzaud and Jacques Perrin re-team for this documentary produced for Walt Disney Studios' Disneynature banner and exploring the many mysteries of our planet's oceans. Almost three-quarters of the earth's surface is covered by oceans, yet strangely we seem to know more about deep space than the world of the sea. There's no question that the ocean has played a crucial role in the history and sustenance of humankind, but what secrets does the underwater world

G, 1 hr. 43 min.

Documentary, Drama

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£19.0M

Disneynature

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All Critics (75) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (14) | DVD (5)

Horseshoe crabs scuttle like possessed Nazi helmets and a school of fish morphs from dreidel to disco ball, as if choreographed by Busby Berkeley.

April 23, 2010 Comment
New York Times
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While it may not plunge deeply enough, Oceans continues the worthy efforts of explorers such as Jacques Cousteau, reminding us to respect nature and preserve the myriad life forms that rely on the ocean to survive.

April 22, 2010 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
USA Today
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Boasts extraordinary images rendered with a clarity sure to become a touchstone for nature docus; even viewers who don't care about fish will find plenty to exclaim about.

April 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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Dazzling nature doc chooses poetry and wonder over storytelling and effects.

April 22, 2010 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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This really is a film that manages to show us things we've never seen and make what we have already seen look different and new.

April 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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An almost miraculously photographed showcase of some of the seven seas' least seen and most incredible specimens.

April 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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Oceans contains some of the most beautiful imagery ever seen in a feature-length documentary.

May 25, 2011 Full Review Source: ABC Radio Brisbane | Comment
ABC Radio Brisbane

New technology has helped these filmmakers to build new tools for underwater cinematography that enables them to be more flexible, faster in the water, which is how they captured profile footage of dolphins speeding through the water, for example

May 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

Enthralling, enlightening, meditative and often humorous, this is a wonderful documentary about the oceans and those who live within it

May 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

A visually stunning plunge into the life aquatic; shame about the narration.

May 18, 2011 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au | Comment
sbs.com.au

Compactly profound, appropriately humbling, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

November 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comment
Projection Booth

Where's SpongeBob SquarePants when you really need him?

November 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

If the film does have a standout quality, it would be its meditativeness.

October 28, 2010 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comment
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Oceans is bound to be a big hit among children, stoners, stoners' children, spinster stoners, and anyone that enjoy movies with immersive photography and intricate sound design.

October 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Stunning images of some of the most breathtaking and fascinatingly odd creatures of the sea. No cute story added, or needed.

June 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | Comment (1)
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

a beautiful--at times breathtaking--visual examination of the undersea world

May 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | Comment (1)
Q Network Film Desk

Fantastic creatures, fantastic photography

May 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comments (2)
Laramie Movie Scope

Oceans presents the superb underwater photography and cool critters we have come to love from the best nature documentaries.

May 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | Comments (2)
Atlantic City Weekly

Quite the beautiful picture to look at, but the person who swims with the Great White is totally insane.

May 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Reno News and Review | Comment (1)
Reno News and Review

Could the script have been less informative? Could it have been more soporifically read than Pierce Brosnan's rendition? I don't think so.

May 1, 2010 Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | Comments (5)

Visually [it's] quite seductive.

April 26, 2010 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Oceans (Disneynature's Oceans)

This documentary about our oceans and the animals and wonders that inhabit it is absolutely stunning. Some images seem so unreal and unseen that you wonder if you are watching a special effect. But you aren't. The film-makers must have had thousands of hours of footage and picked the highlights. They leave you

April 21, 2010
ironclad1609

Super Reviewer

I had high expectations for Oceans and they weren't met. After about 10 minutes I thought the movie was just starting off slow showing some images and then would dive deeper into some issues or facts. 20 minutes later I could see that this would never happen. Visually the movie is very good, with great footage of

July 5, 2011
blkbomb
Melvin White

Super Reviewer

    1. Narrator: Down here, it's like Nature has given everything a try: every color, every way of life, every shape.
    – Submitted by Breanna M (16 months ago)

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Foreign Titles

  • Unsere Ozeane (DE)
  • Oceans (UK)
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