China: The Panda Adventure

Name: China: The Panda Adventure
Genre: Drama
Released: September 14, 2001
Duration: 48 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Maria Bello, Yu Xia

2001

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IMAX | Release Date: September 14, 2001

Starring: Maria Bello, Yu Xia

Summary: Maria Bello stars in this IMAX film inspired by the true-life story of widowed New York socialite Ruth Harkness, a fiercely independent woman who dared to take up her late husband's expedition, journeying deep into the mysterious forests of China, following his passionate quest to study the Giant Panda. (IMAX Corp.)

Director: Robert M. Young

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 48 min

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New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf

These 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. Read full review

Mark Olsen

The 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. Read full review

John Petrakis

The landscapes and backgrounds of the Min Valley and the Nanking Road, not to mention the cuddly pandas themselves, are the big-ticket items here. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Since 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. Read full review

Robert Koehler

This 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. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Might 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. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Just 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. Read full review

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