Because of the cute factor, superb narrative choices, and stupendous photography, family audiences quickly forget they’re watching “artsy documentaries.”

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 2, 2024

March of the Penguins is a magnificently-shot documentary, which is full of wonder, showcasing some of the most remarkable animals on Earth that have a truly unique relationship with their environment.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 4, 2024

With sparse narration by Morgan Freeman, written by Jordan Roberts, and beauteous orchestrations led by conductor Jeff Schindler, Jacquet lets the magic of the penguins speak for itself.

| Nov 13, 2019

Almost painfully straightforward.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 5, 2019

Watch them march to the very extremes of extremis, though, and it's easy to feel awe. Life must beget life, whatever the cost.

| Aug 5, 2013

Some of the eggs and chicks freeze, and the parents' cries are painful to hear (probably more for us than for them).

| Aug 5, 2013

French director Luc Jacquet and a team of incredibly brave (and heavily bundled) documentary filmmakers captured this complicated mating ritual with strikingly crisp photography that's both grand and intimate.

| Aug 5, 2013

A touch David-Attenborough-온라인카지노추천-special in places, but beautifully filmed and dripping with drama, joy and heartbreak.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2013

The avian protagonists' comical ungainliness on land and deadpan manner make for adorable viewing, while the austere, glacial landscape is consistently breathtaking.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2013

The love story may be tenuous, but the penguins are undeniably sweet and silly, sliding on their bellies, and the impossibly cute chicks offer up plenty of slapstick.

| Aug 5, 2013

With such incredible subject matter, March Of The Penguins cannot help but hold the attention. It's impossible not to warm to the penguins.

| Aug 5, 2013

It set the bar high for future documentaries.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 27, 2011

plays like a high-end Discovery Channel special, but it's compelling and beautiful just the same, exuding a love for its subject matter that's infectious

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2010

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

| Original Score: A | Jun 21, 2009

Did I love it? No. Did I like it? Sure.

| Apr 29, 2009

This astonishing film, shot in the Antarctic, captures sights never seen before.

| Nov 1, 2007

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

| Original Score: D | Sep 27, 2007

Birth, death, romance, danger: All play a role in Jacquet's homage to a remarkably endearing creature.

| Aug 16, 2007

Though it seems like a somewhat wasted opportunity to shed some light on these creatures, you can't fault Mr. Jacquet for his efforts.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2007

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.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 27, 2007