It's hard to deny the entertainment value of seeing rare monstrosities jumping out of the screen and scurrying about at what feels like an arm's length away.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 29, 2020

[Howard] Hall delights and fascinates us with his latest underwater documentary adventure - and one of his finest works - Under the Sea 3D.

| Nov 3, 2019

The film offers one of the best and most organic uses of new, more advanced 3-D technology. Grown-ups and youngsters alike will try to knock away the banded sea snakes writhing toward them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 8, 2018

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Stunning vision of the beautiful -- and fragile -- ocean.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2010

This film is lovely to look at and would make an ideal vehicle for introducing kids to the world of oceanography and marine biology.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 29, 2010

...if you measure it in terms of the sheer beauty of its presentation, its value is probably incalculable.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 17, 2010

The footage is spectacular, the colors electric, the life aquatic trippier than anything you'll see in even the most wildly imaginative animated fare.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 29, 2009

While some of the content may go over younger viewers' heads, it introduces them to complex issues while entertaining them with footage of playful sea lions and slithering snakes that appear to swim right toward your face.

| Mar 20, 2009

Under the Sea 3D offers a rare and gorgeous look at marine life from the heart of the Coral Triangle.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 8, 2009

Strictly fodder for the preteen set, Under the Sea 3D, the latest IMAX deep-sea-dive exploration (brought to you by the fisheye's point of view), is expectedly rudimentary but a splendor to watch.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 6, 2009

People of any age will be fascinated by the Imax documentary Under the Sea, a riveting look at submarine life around the coast of Australia. I've never experienced such good use of 3D.

| Feb 19, 2009

It's impossible not to be wowed by some of the images in Under the Sea 3D, 
the coolest of which are a nice 
reminder that, even in the age of CG wizardry, the best special effects still come straight from Mother Nature.

| Original Score: B | Feb 18, 2009

Under the Sea 3D is a beautiful reminder that movies can take us to places we've never been before. There are still worlds to conquer out there that don't require the gussying up of CGI effects to hold our attention.

| Original Score: A | Feb 17, 2009

At times, the writing becomes a bit like a sermon about the woes of the oceans, but, in all honesty, I think we can't hear it enough that our environments are changing ----- and not for the better.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2009

This incredibly ambitious undertaking could only be accomplished by people with a strong love of what they are doing, and patience to match.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2009

A delightful, breathtaking, lively and gently illuminating documentary that must be experienced on a giant IMAX screen.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Feb 15, 2009

Even about halfway in, even having settled into your seat with those plastic glasses nestled on your nose, you'll still find yourself dazzled again and again by the impossibly breathtaking beauty of the IMAX adventure Under the Sea 3D.

| Feb 13, 2009

The plot may not be much -- amazing creatures live in the sea and if we keep polluting the world a bunch of them will die, so let's stop being such jerks -- but the visuals are absolutely fantastic.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 13, 2009