Seasons
Music Box Films | Release Date: November 25, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Screen DailyLee MarshallNov 23, 2016
An old-fashioned, beautifully crafted nature documentary for family audiences. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmDec 2, 2016
As awe-inspiring as this footage is, it’s every bit as amazing to envision how the filmmakers had to prepare for framing these moments with impeccable precision. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerAlan ZilbermanNov 23, 2016
Most of the footage is stunning, yet the film is more about observation than visual stimulation. Read full review
75
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanNov 22, 2016
By showing animals in all their mundane splendor, Seasons makes a case for conservation. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWes GreeneNov 21, 2016
Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud's Seasons is a nature documentary that reveals itself as a story of tragic usurpation. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDec 1, 2016
Seasons is a gorgeous movie that is exceedingly strange — not necessarily in the story it tells, but in the way it tells it. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlNov 25, 2016
The movie starts in an ice age, as I've said, so you can guess where it's all heading, but what you'll remember from it is the vision of a plump ol' bear snoozing in a tree in the rain. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 25, 2016
As a mood killer and conscience-raiser it’s woefully obvious, but also unlikely to erase the sense memory of all the scintillatingly captured fauna that came before it. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 25, 2016
The movie’s cinematographers may hog the limelight, but it’s the sweat of the sound engineers that brings their work to life. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeNov 23, 2016
While it features some of the most breathtaking nature photography this side of BBC’s “Planet Earth” miniseries, this gorgeously cinematic docu ties said footage to a leaden all-purpose eco-consciousness message that nearly spoils the otherwise timeless experience. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDec 1, 2016
At its best, Seasons shakes off its predecessors and captures the simple, grand ideas it's after purely visually. Read full review
63
Boston GlobePeter KeoughNov 23, 2016
The voice-over narrator (Perrin) recites environmentally pious platitudes that offer little enlightenment about what’s on the screen. This is annoying when something strange and unfamiliar is being shown. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungNov 23, 2016
The overall feeling is a lot less special than their ground-breaking work that flew with birds and swam with deep-sea creatures. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisNov 23, 2016
This is an ambitious movie that didn’t come quite together in the editing room. Read full review
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