Deep Blue (2005)

67% of critics liked it
(52 reviews)
75% of users liked it
(4,477 ratings)

Alastair Fothergill's nature documentary Deep Blue consists of 90 minutes of footage of undersea creatures -- living, surviving, fighting, and dying. Similar to like-minded documentaries such as Winged Migration and MicroCosmos, Deep Blue features footage from locations throughout the world. The… More Alastair Fothergill's nature documentary Deep Blue consists of 90 minutes of footage of undersea creatures -- living, surviving, fighting, and dying. Similar to like-minded documentaries such as Winged Migration and MicroCosmos, Deep Blue features footage from locations throughout the world. The great British actor Michael Gambon provides the narration, which favors involving the viewer emotionally over providing enlightening factual information on the creatures. The 22 segments of the film conclude with footage of how man has affected life under the sea. This film was originally produced for the British television series The Blue Planet. According to the filmmakers, some of the creatures seen here have never been previously recorded on film. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Andy Byatt, Alastair Fothergill
Written By: David Attenborough
Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

In Theaters: Jun 3, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Apr 11, 2006
Studio: Miramax Flims

Critic Reviews

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Absorbing.
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
A magnificent look at the teeming, wildly varied life in and around the ocean.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This is a nasty, nauseating, dispiriting movie and, to repeat, whatever you do, don't take the kids -- no matter what the G rating says.
Jonathan Holland, Variety
This majestic film has all the hallmarks of Beeb quality workmanship.
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
If nature films had genres, Deep Blue would be an action movie.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Even with consistently impressive camerawork, the movie still feels like the visual equivalent of elevator music -- with frolicking dolphins instead of Elton John ballads.
Maria Llull, Common Sense Media
Stunning footage of aquatic life.
Marty Mapes, Movie Habit
Deep Blue could have lived its life on TV and felt more at home
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
The information you find inside may not be anything more than you haven't garnered from watching Animal Planet, but it is an extremely well made and well shot piece.
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Honestly: In how many movies can you see a polar bear attacking a bunch of whales?
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
we've been in an ocean-documentary glut of late, and Deep Blue just doesn't have much in it that we haven't seen a few times before
Danny Minton, Beaumont Journal
What was caught on film will blow your mind.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Linda Lovelace has nothing on the little camera that travels down into the deepest areas of the film's oceans.
Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Unfortunately, the film tries to say too much, and as a result ends up saying nothing. Also, this G-rated film contains scenes of animal attacks that are much too intense for young audiences.
Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune
Stunning images of undersea life, ... but the footage is pieced together haphazardly, sometimes repetitively.
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
[E]xtraordinarily lush and fantastically adventurous...
Marty Mapes, Movie Habit
I might have enjoyed the movie more had I seen the making-of documentary beforehand