Under the Sea 3D
IMAX | Release Date: February 13, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
There's plenty for us to feast on in Under the Sea 3D without drawing a single drop of blood. If you have small children, you'd be crazy not to take them to this film. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesGlenn Whipp
Practice has delivered something close to perfection as this new film offers a startling experience that takes you down into the Great Barrier Reef without the expense, hypothermia or oxygen tanks. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
One of the best of the genre. If it doesn't serve oysters, per se, this submarine wonder offers marvels in abundance. Read full review
88
PremiereKrista Soriano
We actually had the urge to dodge the sea snakes swimming right at us. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A visually enthralling 40-minute tour of the southwestern Pacific depths. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The footage is spectacular, the colors electric, the life aquatic trippier than anything you'll see in even the most wildly imaginative animated fare. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
It's all a treat to behold, and, at least where the turtle and the jellyfish are concerned, it's transcendently beautiful, too. I just wish there was more of it. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
As dazzling as they come, a visual pageant of strange undersea creatures hunting and scavenging and floating across the screen. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Jim Carrey mostly plays it straight as the narrator. The 3-D effects are uncanny; much of the audience ducked when sea snakes lunged at it. You can't get that on your TV set. Yet. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Esposito
In addition to the romantic music for the cuttlefish courtship, the several musical selections are a step above the usual IMAX fare. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyAdam Markovitz
Offers up dazzling ocean creatures in calmly shifting scenes that could double as the world's most expensive screensaver. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
Like its predecessors, Under the Sea is family-friendly viewing -- the great white shark swims by, as opposed to tearing prey to shreds. Its goal is to show biodiversity and offer information on how reefs grow, reminding us of threats to these environments. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleReyhan Harmanci
Seems more appropriate for a science museum than the Metreon, but that's not the film's problem. The problem is that oceanic movies in actual science museums are far more interesting and nuanced than this documentary. Read full review
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