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Polar Bear

  • 2022
  • PG
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Polar Bear (2022)
Tells the story of a new mother whose memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today.
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Follows a new mother as she prepares to navigate motherhood in the challenging world that polar bears face today.Follows a new mother as she prepares to navigate motherhood in the challenging world that polar bears face today.Follows a new mother as she prepares to navigate motherhood in the challenging world that polar bears face today.

  • Directors
    • Alastair Fothergill
    • Jeff Wilson
  • Writer
    • David Fowler
  • Star
    • Catherine Keener
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    922
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    • Directors
      • Alastair Fothergill
      • Jeff Wilson
    • Writer
      • David Fowler
    • Star
      • Catherine Keener
    • 12User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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      • Alastair Fothergill
      • Jeff Wilson
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      • David Fowler
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    6ks-60500

    Emotionally attached

    It's great documentary and let our next generation how human destroy the globe and how we direct and indirectly make species extinct. It's really good material to let kids watch this and educational. Polar bear probably the most lonely animals in this planet.
    cgtam

    Recycled BBC "Spy in Ice Den" film scenes; fictional narration for toddlers

    Disney nature simply buys film rights, enhances it to HD, & inserts new narration / script. It's sanitized so ppl can believe lies that wildlife do not die or experience bad things. Even if they do, they're not human so it's impossible for any other creature on this planet to be sentient.

    Script is written for kids & barely touches on how tough life is. When cub loses her brother, no mention of grief is hinted. BBC's Frozen Planet 1&2, the Hunt, & "7 worlds 1 planet" narrator, Sir David , describes how polar mother & twin cub stayed dying cub's side, protecting weak twin cub from our changing planet's increasing frequent sudden below freezing prolonged violent blizzards. Both Mother & twin cub remained next to dead cub's body for 2 days despite their own hunger. Those are facts but omitted from this film. How is that behavior not grief? They did not eat the cub despite both were starving.

    1 reviewer states "no proof ice is melting" & spewed lots of same propaganda that puts humanity's future in jeopardy. Have u been living in a cave? Space & satellite images prove 1/3 of both polar ice caps have permanently melted. This ice has NOT melted in millions of The yrs. Polar bears are now endangered- many adult polar bears drown at sea.

    Scientists who tag & count remaining global polar bears , see mothers abandoning cubs before 2 yrs- far too early. Or worst, cubs die when still on milk bc mother bear has NO seals to eat at all = no milk for cubs. Largest iceberg on planet is cracking off huge chunks size of empire state building & falling into the sea bc sea is warming.

    Only science model needed amending were the ones created in 1970s , who stated this climate crisis will be evident by 2010. Ppl ridiculed them. Not anymore.

    Narrator sounds like Scarlett Johansson with sore throat.

    1 star for choosing best shots of BBC films.

    Zero stars for nonsensical entertainment written false script.

    All wildlife is being pushed to extinction due to PPL.
    10Syed_Abuthahir

    An Incredible Ice Tale !!!

    An Incredible Ice Tale from Artic Islands...

    It's Cute, Funny, Heart-warming, Touching, Inspiring...It's a shocking truth that Global warming could take away these beautiful nature in few years. Hats off to the team who took all the risk in ice to film this documentary,we able to witness the lives of these "Great Polar Bears ". Thank you so much. Many shots are so beautiful and stunning.

    Must watch Documentary..
    8cjonesas

    [8.5] Not all males are alike!

    A semi-great documentary on polar bears, being a little too soft and lollipop, having a narrator who's asleep half of the time and sort of failing to fully and adequately deliver its alarming message throughout the course of the story. Nevertheless, it is instructive and I liked it.

    That is not David Attenborough quality, that's Disneynature one!
    6ferguson-6

    ice bears and climate change

    Greetings again from the darkness. After filming their award-winning documentary PENGUINS (2019) in Antarctica, co-directors Alastair Fothergill and Jeff Wilson re-teamed and headed to Norway, not far from the North Pole, to capture life and the fight for survival by polar bears in this feature for Disneynature.

    As we would expect, the adult polar bears are majestic and powerful, while the cubs are just about the cutest things on the planet. Also, as we have come to expect from Disneynature, the photography is stunning in its clarity and ability to take our breath away. Unfortunately, much of the story here is focused on climate change and its impact on these creatures. Filmed over years, we follow a mother "ice bear" after her two cubs are born. We watch as the mother first hunts for food and later trains her cubs. Seals are the preferred dish of the day, but seals have become harder to find due to the warming waters and reduced ice.

    Three other segments feature Baluga whales, walruses, and an incredible few minutes of birds flocking along the side of a steep cliff. A dead whale gives us a look at the fearsome male polar bears and their intimidating force over females and cubs. Disneynature doesn't shy away from the harsh realities and mortal danger faced by polar bears, as we witness both death and separation ... though, as the circle of life indicates, these are offset with new birth and arrivals.

    Two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, CAPOTE) uses her distinctive voice to capture the wonder of the bears and their harsh environment, as well as the overall challenges occurring due to climate change. We are informed that the Arctic circle could be 'ice-free' by 2040, which means the polar bears must adapt quickly or face the dire consequences. Hopefully it's clear that this is not one of the warm and fuzzy Disney docs that many of us grew up on, and therefore, not for the youngest kids (no matter how much they love polar bears).

    Premieres on Earth Day (April 22, 2022) on Disney +

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      The first Disneynature film to be rated PG by the MPAA.
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      Referenced in Bear Witness (2022)

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    • Release date
      • April 22, 2022 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kutup Ayısı
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      • PolarX
      • Silverback Films
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      • 1h 24m(84 min)
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      • Dolby Surround 7.1
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      • 2.39 : 1

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