User Reviews

I'm neither a hunter nor opposed to hunting, so I feel like as a neutral party I can watch this as a truly objective participant. Anyone who gives this a 10/10 is presumably an avid hunter themselves and, alternatively, anyone who rates it 1/10 is most likely just pushing their anti-hunting views, possibly without even watching the film. (There are literally only 10s and 1s up to this review)

Having said that, Steven Rinella seems an honest and legitimate source, who is both hunter and conservationist. This doc, while obviously pro-hunting, gives an eloquent summation of the many points of view regarding the act of hunting. It gives those who span a wide spectrum their chance to speak their peace, touching on the purity of hunting solely for food to the evils of mass killing of indigenous animals. Not the most entertaining of films but steadily informative and entirely unpretentious.

As with Meat Eater and Steven Rinella's fantastically addictive library works, Stars In the Sky is visually stunning with captivaing story-telling. It provides morsels of information that feeds the viewer just enough to look further while being a good introduction to Rinella's entire body of work.

The only complaint I have is that the sheer amount of subject matter the film tries to cover restricts what it could have been. I believe that a limited series with each episode covering one aspect that was mentioned in this film would have been a better vehicle, or set of vehicles, to express what it was trying to say. And that's the only reason I didn't rate this higher.

I'm not a meat eater but I respect hunters who hunt for food.

Disappointed as this film was a white man's perspective, not one indigenous hunter was featured in this film.

Hunting is as natural as breathing, sleeping and eating and used to be the only way humans were able to eat to survive. Conquering, surviving and feeding from nature is the only way a species can exist. This movie is a good examination of why hunting still exists even if some are skeptical of its morality.

An amazing story of where hunting is today and how it has got there. Steven Rinella tells this story using multiple perspectives that make you think about what it is to be a hunter in America. Captivating shots and well put together interviews will keep your eyes glued to the screen from start till finish.

Hunting among, most things in the world, are looked at through political glasses that act as distortion lenses. If someone can remove these glasses no matter their political views and watch this, then it serves as a wonderful introduction to a much larger discussion on hunting and it's place in the modern world.

Filled with big fallacies like appeal to nature, appeal to authority and tradition.

Not a proper deep reflection on the subject. Just a failed attempt at trying to create empathy with people that hunt. Good people can do bad things, and hunting for sport while calling it a family uniter experience is certainly bad!

Worth the view if you want an introspection of hunting. It may not satisfy everyone, but the effort to explore different perspectives is laudable.

Maybe it is just not for me, but this film involves interviews with a succession of people who love nature, and wildlife, but none of whom can really explain the necessity of killing wildlife to draw satisfaction from this relationship. Perhaps I just don't understand?

I challenge anyone to try to explain hunting better. Steve provokes all the main debates about hunting while explaining in the most thoughtful way, why we hunt.

Like any modern moral dilemma, the subject could be talked about and debated for hours, if not days. Of course this short film isn't going to cover everything. My favorite part about this film is that you have two sides to the coin. You have perspectives given both for and against hunting. The creators of this film didn't portray the advocate against hunting in some negative way, nor did they try to "shut him down".

They presented both sides of the argument, albeit much more towards their side, but gave you the option to judge. I commend that type of "respect for the enemy", if you want to call it that. Giving your opposition a voice.

It barely touches the surface of the subject. There is not much deepnes in idea behind this movie. But nice too at least a little efford.