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March of the Penguins (2005)

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Reviews Counted:159

Fresh:149

Rotten:10

Average Rating:7.8/10

Consensus: Only the most hardened soul won't be moved by this heartwarming doc.

Rated: U

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:09-12-2005

Synopsis: Coming from a French director, Luc Jacquet, the miraculous MARCH OF THE PENGUINS would have to be a love story. And so it is. The film explores the mating rituals of the emperor penguin, one of the... Coming from a French director, Luc Jacquet, the miraculous MARCH OF THE PENGUINS would have to be a love story. And so it is. The film explores the mating rituals of the emperor penguin, one of the most resilient animals on earth. Each summer, after a nourishing period of deep-sea feeding, the penguins pop up onto the ice and begin their procession across the frozen tundra of Antarctica. Walking doggedly in single file, they are a sight to behold. Hundreds converge from every direction, moving instinctively toward their mating ground. Once there, they mingle and chatter until they find the perfect mate--a monogamous match that will last a year, through the brutal winter and into the spring. During that time, the mother will give birth to an egg and then leave for the ocean to feed again. The father will stay to protect the egg through the freezing blizzards and pure darkness of winter, which would be deadly to practically any other species. Finally, with spring, the egg hatches and the baby penguins are born. Mothers return from the sea to reunite with their families and feed the starving newborns, while the fathers are finally relieved of their protective duties after months without food. This remarkable story is narrated by Morgan Freeman, whose dignified voice gives the penguins the grave admiration they deserve. But even more incredible is the photography, which shows the penguins hunting underwater, sliding on the ice, and even what definitely looks like kissing. At one point the camera even zooms inside the mouth of a penguin as it regurgitates food for its young. A story of love and, more strikingly, survival, MARCH OF THE PENGUINS is a stirring, eye-opening, and educational experience. [More]

Director: Luc Jacquet

Director: Luc Jacquet
Screenwriter: Luc Jacquet, Michel Fessler
Producer: Yves Darondeau, Christophe Lioud, Emmanuel Priou
Composer: Alex Wurman
Studio: Warner Independent

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12/09/05
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Luc Jacquet's March Of The Penguins is, astoundingly, the second most successful documentary ever made.

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12/06/05
Paul Arendt
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Secondly, it's been horribly sanitised, as if all the good bits have been removed for a pre-watershed TV screening. We do, in fact, get to see penguins doing it, but the narration neglects to mention it, lest children in the audience start asking

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11/03/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

We know a documentary about penguins will be entertaining simply because they're so silly ... [but this] is not, actually, that exceptional.

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09/30/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

...a glorious documentary about the remarkable mating cycle of "emperor" penguins.

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06/21/09
Cole Smithey
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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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11/01/07
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek

It's a rather offensively human-centered approach to what should be a mystifying and beautiful experience.

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09/27/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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08/16/07
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
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Director Jacquet has cleverly figured out a way to anthropomorphise his wondrous, web-footed subjects, as they deal with hunger, rejection, loss, loneliness, and sensuality.

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06/27/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

plays like a high-end Discovery Channel special, but it's compelling and beautiful just the same

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08/27/06
Jay Antani
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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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03/31/06
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A miracle of a film, March of the Penguins is one of the year's joys. This extraordinary glimpse into the life of the emperor penguins is far more than a story of survival: it is a unique love story of immense proportions.

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03/22/06
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To human observers, the ways in which animal behavior variously resembles or contrasts with human behavior is an inexhaustible source of fascination.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
02/10/06
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

Contando com dois diretores de fotografia, A Marcha dos Pingüins traz um cenário impressionante, com suas geleiras imensas e a sempre fascinante aurora austral.

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01/13/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
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