I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

So much average

Simply A Masterpiece

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I like watching discovery channel and TV-series on wild life but this movie was unlike anything I had ever seen before. The stars here are of course the animals and the camera follows them everywhere.The movie is part nature documentary, part comedy and part drama. Touching and poignant in parts, it is a treat for nature lovers. The best part is the comedy of course, we haven't seen the animals depicted like that ever. It is like candid camera for animals, but much better.The Narrator Paddy O'Byrne has done a wonderful job. He went to do narration for "The Gods Must Be Crazy" parts I and II, both directed by the Jamie Uys. If you like this movie I recommend both parts of "The Gods Must Be Crazy". The first part even manages excels this movie.

With the new DVD release, I just watched this film for the first time in about 10 years, and it's as delightful as I remembered it.I'm not completely stupid, and realize that real animals don't usually make cartoon-like sound effects, i.e. an ostrich craning his neck in disbelief and going "huh?" or beetles making screeching car noises. I know that marabou aren't really judgmental, and that pelicans aren't really pompous. I consider myself a reasonably sophisticated film viewer, and can see that the seeds being shot out of the little dry plant in one scene are animated, not real. If you feel colorful bits of embroidered reality like this render a so-called documentary unwatchable, then reach behind yourself and carefully remove the stick from up your posterior. Oh, never mind, just watch "Nova."Maybe "documentary" isn't the right word to describe this film, which is an entertainment that incorporates nature footage and some nature fact, dramatic or comedic invention, and musical accompaniment. What would you call it? It's sort of a "whatsit." Whatever it is, it warms the cockles of my heart, and this cockle-warmer can be enjoyed by people of all ages – something rare enough these days. It is, in general, wry and amusing, but the part that made an overwhelming impact on me since my first viewing is that near the end, where a pitiful troupe of abandoned pelican chicks are dying in the scorching sun. The three-day struggle of the clouds to drop rain onto the desert, and the sun's efforts to prevent it, are depicted as a titanic battle of opposing armies, with spectacularly beautiful footage of clouds and sunlight dramatically accompanied by the Liszt tone poem "Les Preludes." I still find this imaginative interpretation of these natural events absolutely gripping, and I imagine it must have made a powerful impression on many young kids who've seen this film over the years. The final scene is pure joy.Do see this film. Buy the DVD. It's excellent, and the chances are overwhelming that you will like it. Most people seem to.

This movie might have worked in the 1950's for young children. Ridiculous footage with exaggerated music, embarrassingly stupid sound effects and a condescending informationless 'father knows best' monologue kill it. It should have stayed in the middle school Film 101 classroom.

Jamie Uys' sole documentary is beautiful, tragic in places, hilarious in places, and always charming. What it's not is accurate, but that detracts not one whit from its charm.