Critic Reviews

• Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times

  The panoramic views of various island locations are, of course, gorgeous, and inspire a kind of giddy vertigo.

• Erika Gonzalez, Denver Rocky Mountain News

  Overall, the producers do a nice job balancing beautiful scenery with a serious message.

• Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

  Part amusement park ride, part public service announcement, Coral Reef Adventure is most effective when doing what Imax movies do best: transporting audiences to unusual places they might not otherwise visit.

• Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News

  A film for all who care about the world their children and grandchildren will inherit.

• , Boston Globe

  Adventure it is, and of the most exhilarating sort.

• Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate

  Educational and stimulating, hopefully encouraging environmental support for the world's endangered reefs.

• Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope

  Lots of very pretty images with lots of dazzling colors. There is also an element of science. The trouble is, science and environmentalism don't mix that well.

• Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

  You won't find Nemo. But you'll find zillions of other creatures amazing in their color, fragility and rarity.

• Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile

  A truly magical experience, Coral Reef Adventure entices us deep into the ocean's wonderland, dazzling us by the wonders of life beneath the surface.

• Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly

  Remarkable undersea footage, most of it starring fish and coral so unusually shaped and brightly colored that one has to remind oneself that they're real.

• Bruce Kirkland, Jam! Movies

  Perfectly balances entertainment and nature-science elements in its brisk and sometimes thrilling 46 minutes.

• David Barton, Sacramento Bee

  Explores coral reefs around the Pacific Ocean with a dazzling and sometimes irritating variety of computer graphics, brilliant nature photography and jarring sound effects straight out of Finding Nemo.

• Jordan Reed, Boxoffice Magazine

  As beautiful as it often is to watch, Coral Reef Adventure ultimately comes off as a bit too kid-friendly and faux-inspirational, which is kind of a drag.

• Daniel Eagan, Film Journal International

  Can be enjoyed simply as a spectacular South Seas travelogue with superb underwater footage. Its environmental warnings are an added and important bonus.

• Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press

  We learn a lot about dying coral and see a lot of life on the reef.

• Ross Anthony, Hollywood Report Card

  The film favors the scientific over the spectacular (visually speaking).

• Herb Lash, Big Movie Zone

  Coral Reef Adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching.

• Peter Bernard, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  The large-frame IMAX camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs, making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers.

• Jackie Loohauis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  Color, musical bounce and warm seas lapping on island shores. And just enough science to send you home thinking.

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