Additional Info

• Rating

  G: General.

• The pitch

  Beary cute.

• Starring

  (narrator): Marion Cotillard/Forest Whitaker

• Directed by

  Guillaume Vincent

• Running time

  87 minutes

• Rated

  G (Australia), NR (UK), NR (USA)

• VIOLENCE/GORE

  Bears fight, wrestle, bite, pull, drag. Growling. Animals eaten. Blood/gore: Fish are torn apart, eaten alive. Bleeding. Dead, rotting fish.

• SEX/NUDITY

  None.

• VICES/DRUG USE

  None.

• LANGUAGE

  None.

• THEMES

  Brown bears, Kamchatka Peninsula, weather, hibernation, hunting, siblings, solitude, tranquility, survival, nature, salmon.

• HIDDEN EXTRAS

  Lava, geysers. Bears, jellyfish, salmon, sea lions, birds.

• CRITICS LIKE

  Gorgeous, immersive, rare. First documentary shot in 3D, amazing landscape.

• CRITICS DON'T LIKE

  Repetitive, flat. Too classical in its approach, some dull narration, some medium-quality footage.