Pandas

Name: Pandas
Genre: Documentary, Short
Released: April 6, 2018
Duration: 40 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Ben Kilham, Jacob Owens, Kristen Bell, Rong Hou, Wen Lei Bi

2018

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: April 6, 2018 | G

Starring: Ben Kilham, Jacob Owens, Kristen Bell, Rong Hou, Wen Lei Bi

Summary: At Chengdu Panda Base in China, scientists are dedicated to protecting the species by breeding adult Giant Pandas in order to introduce cubs into the wild. This film follows one such researcher, whose passion leads her to initiate a new technique inspired by a black bear program in rural New Hampshire. What starts as a cross-cultureAt Chengdu Panda Base in China, scientists are dedicated to protecting the species by breeding adult Giant Pandas in order to introduce cubs into the wild. This film follows one such researcher, whose passion leads her to initiate a new technique inspired by a black bear program in rural New Hampshire. What starts as a cross-culture collaboration becomes a life-changing journey for an American biologist who crosses an ocean to join her; a scientist from Inner Mongolia; and a very curious female cub named Qian Qian, born in captivity.… Expand

Director: David Douglas and Drew Fellman

Genre(s): Documentary, Short

Rating: G

Runtime: 40 min

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Moira Macdonald

Apr 3, 2018

Pandas leaves its viewer newly educated, filled with hope, and dazzled. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Apr 3, 2018

Co-directors David Douglas and Drew Fellman achieve the ideal balance of tender storytelling delivered with a conservationist message. But it’s ultimately the visual experience offered that sets Pandas apart from the titles in the impressive wildlife series from Disneynature. Read full review

Jody Mitori

Apr 5, 2018

Brightly narrated by Kristen Bell, the documentary illustrates the challenges of saving the endangered animals with the story of one bear born in the captive breeding program at Chengdu Panda Base in China. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Apr 5, 2018

The unexpectedly impressive nature documentary Pandas is so visually dynamic that even the most pedantic (think Neil deGrasse Tyson level) skeptics will probably not mind listening to narrator Kristen Bell — speaking for writer–co-director Drew Fellman — rattle off 43 minutes’ worth of cutesy panda trivia. Read full review

Peter Keough

Apr 5, 2018

After watching David Douglas and Drew Fellman’s visually spectacular, technically amazing, and occasionally cutesy documentary, Pandas, you’d think that IMAX 3-D was invented solely for close-ups of adorable panda cubs, their giant doleful, domino faces peering out with cuddly curiosity. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Apr 3, 2018

Pandas is less sentimental than you expect, but you can respect the film’s honesty and still leave it hoping that the next true-life panda adventure delivers more of a feel-good ending — for the audience, and mostly for the pandas. Read full review

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oldcoot

Aug 18, 2018

Disappointing. Short. Weak cinematography (certainly not Disney quality). Leaves more questions than it answers (for a supposedly science-documentary).

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