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Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

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Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 6  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.6/10

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Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Shana Watahomigie, Nikki Kelly, Wade Davis

Director: Greg MacGillivray
Screenwriter: Jack Stephens, Stephen Judson

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Although muddled at times from its cross-purpose agendas of trumpeting conservation and establishing a story arc that never quite congeals, "Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk" is a lush look at a journey that few people will ever experience except vic

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04/15/08
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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2/5

The word 'adventure' is a bit of an overstatement...

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04/04/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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3.5/4

Grand Canyon is such fun to watch with its superb, 3D quality that it's impossible not to be more caught up, albeit temporarily, in the illusion of getting splashed than in the unsettling realities of the environmental crisis it describes.

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03/21/08
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
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3/4

As entertainment, it can be heart-poundingly exciting. As education, it has some merit. But as a movie, Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D is kind of a mess.

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03/21/08
Jim Carnes
Sacramento Bee
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An outstanding example of what can be accomplished in large-format documentaries.

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03/18/08
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
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Paradoxically, the beauty and splendor of the Grand Canyon...almost belies this docu's dire ecological message

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03/17/08
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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2.5/5

The scenery isn’t mind-blowing or the filmmaking awesome, but there’s a certain majesty in how the movie achieves its noble goal of raising awareness about the world water crisis.

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03/17/08
John P. McCarthy
Boxoffice Magazine
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