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- 90The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenDeep Sea 3D, along with the recent Imax films "Coral Reef Adventure" and "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea," is a glorious example of educational entertainment at its best.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustIt would be a mistake to think that if you've seen one fish up close and personal you've seen them all. Deep Sea 3D is a total-immersion undersea adventure, in which the oceans' glories are on vivid display in three dimensions.
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxForget haunted houses and the mountains of the moon: There's no better environment to show off the wonder of the immersive IMAX 3-D experience than the deep blue sea.
- The soothing voices of Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet provide the informative yet often uninspired narration. And Danny Elfman's mystical sounds serve up just the right atmosphere for this almost complete immersive experience, during which adults will be made into giggling children, and children into aspiring marine biologists.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternI have minor misgivings about the use of a few Disney-esque sound effects, as well as some conventionally garish voicings in the score by Danny Elfman, Hollywood's current master of the macabre. But none of that diminishes the educational value of Deep Sea 3-D, which was directed by Howard Hall, or the sometimes ethereal, sometimes fearsome beauty of its cast of trillions.
- 80Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe immersive quality of 3-D is particularly well suited to undersea documentaries, and this one, directed by Howard Hall ("Into the Deep"), offers a close-up look at such fantastic creatures as the fried egg jellyfish, the mantis shrimp, the sand tiger shark, and the thuggish wolf eel.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA lively score by Danny Elfman and some of the most dramatic sound-effects work since the Three Stooges only add to the appeal of Deep Sea 3-D.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneIt's all about the pictures. Those images create a vision of nature that even a strip miner would want to conserve.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrTravels around the world via the oceans' floors to show us symbiosis at work in a variety of ecosystems.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerImax 3-D process has lost its original novelty, and little is done in Deep Sea to find new and exciting ways of using the medium.