This film was made by the same people that brought us "The March of the Penguins"(click here). For all it's 'fun' and 'humor' what is profoundly evident is the damage humans have done to the Arctic Circle/The North Pole (click here). It is not a 'kids only' film.
This film takes it's viewer to all extemes of human emotion, from elation to profound sadness. I won't give away any moment in the film, it needs to be seen in it's entirety to appreciate the depth this film takes.
I came away with a sense of 'damage.' Real damage to species of Arctic creatures forced into, as the film states, refugee status in survival rather than thriving. It is more than correct the Polar Bear is considered threatened. There is every indication it needs to be moved to endangered as the Arctic Ice continues to thin and disappear. What is completely evident to me is the profound sadness of the reality of these animals which exhibit love, loyality and loss as they experience events to their home out of their control not realizing whom to blame.
As citizens of the highest carbon dioxide polluting society on Earth, this film is profoundly important, more to Moms and Dads then to children. The kids in the theater simply loved the movie. The theater was very quiet throughout it's showing and the talking after the showing was non-stop by adults and children alike.
It isn't a film one loves or hates, but, more or less witnesses. Here again the filmmaking is extraordinary and the photography incredible in it's dimensions, from the infant birth of the bear cubs to the expansive views of this ice environment, including underwater photography. It is a must see film for every American.
