Pelican Dreams

Name: Pelican Dreams
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 7, 2014
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 66

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Shadow Distribution | Release Date: November 7, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Judy Irving (The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill) follows Gigi, a wayward California brown pelican, from her "arrest" on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a rehab facility, while exploring nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration and survival challenges.

Director: Judy Irving

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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Neil Genzlinger

Nov 6, 2014

Judy Irving injects just enough of herself into her Pelican Dreams to distinguish this sweet film from an episode of the PBS series “Nature.” Read full review

Rob Humanick

Nov 6, 2014

The film is spare, empathic, and deeply introspective, and its imagery, such as a pelican fascinated by its own reflection, is so sublime in its kookiness as to be worthy of Werner Herzog. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Nov 20, 2014

The fate of these birds, which, the film tells us, could live into their 40s, becomes as engrossing as many a human drama. Read full review

Katherine Vu

Oct 21, 2014

The most effective part of Irving's film is how deftly she captures the pelicans' clear anxieties, curiosities, and joys. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Nov 6, 2014

Pelican Dreams will give you a new appreciation for these creatures sometimes referred to as "flying dinosaurs." Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Nov 6, 2014

It's when the film detours into Irving's personal attachment to the birds, including photos of her as a child on the beach, that Pelican Dreams gets seriously off track. Fortunately, pelicans are interesting creatures and the time spent with the lens focused on them is payoff enough. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Dec 3, 2014

Irving again delivers personal observations about curious creatures in a manner that’s part nature doc and part meditative exploration. The result is as mixed as the process. Read full review

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