Talking Pictures

Rich Bonaduce reviews “Oceans”

Rich’s Quickie: Watered down Discovery channel fodder.

The Deep: Pierce Brosnan narrates the English version of this wonderfully shot mini-movie; which looks amazing. It will introduce you to a few new fishy faces you’ve never seen on the big screen.

The Shallows: But Disney wusses out on so many fronts I’m not sure where to begin. If I thought anyone could broach the subject of the systematic polluting of the ocean, I thought Disney could do it in a way that would not alienate its core audience. But they only scratch the surface here, also barely mentioning other subjects probably deemed to edgy for Disney (such as evolution and global man-made climate change). Instead we are served up a regurgitation of “Life”, but without much of the interesting info; the incredible footage is instead peppered with open ended philosophical questions about our relation to the waters around us, and very little actual information about these wonderful creatures we see vividly displayed onscreen. A warning; some shots of the cycle of life may be disturbing to younger ones.

Movie Grade: C

Not-Rated.

Directing: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud (co-director)

Writing: Christophe Cheysson co-writer Jacques Cluzaud… and Laurent Debas, and Stéphane Durand, and Laurent Gaudé and Jacques Perrin and François Sarano and…

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