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A feature documentary about a day in the life of the bug universe, Microcosmos is a surprisingly entertaining, visually stunning treat.
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What are critics saying?
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San Francisco Examiner by Barbara Shulgasser
The movie is magnificent and stunning the way few spectator events are.
88
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
After watching Microcosmos, it will be impossible to take a walk in the woods without being aware of the amazing tapestry of activity going on all around, yet out of sight.
60
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
The footage is often fascinating, but when it comes to anthropomorphism I prefer the Disney live-action adventures.
88
Scales glisten, legs scuttle, antennae unfurl, all in a symphony of exquisite shapes and inhuman motion. Watching the movie is like peering into a living kaleidoscope.
100
San Francisco Chronicle by Peter Stack
An extraordinary entertainment that personalizes the world of insects and other invertebrates and leaves audiences with an itching conviction of the poetry of nature.
100
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The movie is a work of art and whimsy as much as one of science.
78
Austin Chronicle by Russell Smith
Microcosmos is more about reverie than revelation. Still, don't be surprised if you come away from it with that feeling, like the aftermath of a deep, strange dream, that your consciousness has been enlarged in a subtle but very real way.