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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufThese pandas, they're truly wondrous on the big screen, as no digital effect could ever recreate. Director Robert M. Young delivers a spry, richly detailed adventure for general audiences, truly a feat deserving acclaim.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe true star of the film -- areas whose mind-boggling size and immense beauty are still too overwhelming to be fully captured by the supersize IMAX screen.
- 63Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisThe landscapes and backgrounds of the Min Valley and the Nanking Road, not to mention the cuddly pandas themselves, are the big-ticket items here.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThis wobbly docu-drama ends up being caught in between the impulse to make theatrical a true story and the usual Imax mission of imparting information about the natural world in an entertaining way for families.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghSince her claim to fame is having brought the first living panda -- a cub named Su Lin -- out of China, Harkness's success is a given, but the footage of pandas in their natural surroundings is enchanting.
- 38New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMight have worked as a travelogue, minus the story. In its present form, it is hardly worth the $10 you will be asked to fork over at the box office.
- 10The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensJust as the vast, square Imax screen magnifies panda-haunches and steep, jungle-clad gorges, its relentless scale also enlarges a half-baked, mediocre little adventure story into something almost grotesquely bad.