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Sacred Planet

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Canada, Malaysia, United States · 2004
Rated G · 40m
Director Jon Long
Starring Robert Redford, Arapata McKay, Tsaan Ciqae, Mae Tui
Genre Documentary

This short documentary brings viewers to awe-inspiring natural locations around the world, showing the planet's beauty and the importance of protecting the environment. The film also focuses on indigenous people in these areas and how some traditional cultures are able to live in harmony with the land.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle by

Its gently delivered theme and friendly images of nature (no lions eating antelopes here), this is a fine thing for families and school groups.

60

L.A. Weekly by Chuck Wilson

Despite his obvious passion, Long never fully ties together the human and animal footage, and so the film feels disjointed, as if two different documentaries are being fused into one.

50

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

If Sacred Planet helps kids appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature and animal life, it will be worth it. But surely civilization can come up with a more generously entertaining delivery system.

70

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

It's an ideal film to open on Earth Day, for in the least preachy way possible it celebrates the natural world to make viewers pause and consider the profound importance of preserving the planet.

50

Variety by Robert Koehler

Respecting Mother Earth should never be as dull as watching Sacred Planet, a repetitive, globe-hopping Imax project that dresses up well-known ecological truisms with pretty nature photography.

60

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

What the movie lacks is contrast. The sped-up ribbons of traffic in a city look as pretty as the interior of a redwood grove. As for the perils of logging, one brief shot of a clear-cut forest flashes by so quickly it is almost subliminal.

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