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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallAn old-fashioned, beautifully crafted nature documentary for family audiences.
- 75Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneJacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud's Seasons is a nature documentary that reveals itself as a story of tragic usurpation.
- 75Washington PostAlan ZilbermanWashington PostAlan ZilbermanBy showing animals in all their mundane splendor, Seasons makes a case for conservation.
- Most of the footage is stunning, yet the film is more about observation than visual stimulation.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWhile it features some of the most breathtaking nature photography this side of BBC’s “Planet Earth” miniseries, this gorgeously cinematic docu ties said footage to a leaden all-purpose eco-consciousness message that nearly spoils the otherwise timeless experience.
- 70Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAs a mood killer and conscience-raiser it’s woefully obvious, but also unlikely to erase the sense memory of all the scintillatingly captured fauna that came before it.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe movie’s cinematographers may hog the limelight, but it’s the sweat of the sound engineers that brings their work to life.
- 63Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughThe voice-over narrator (Perrin) recites environmentally pious platitudes that offer little enlightenment about what’s on the screen. This is annoying when something strange and unfamiliar is being shown.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe overall feeling is a lot less special than their ground-breaking work that flew with birds and swam with deep-sea creatures.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSan Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisThis is an ambitious movie that didn’t come quite together in the editing room.