Artic Tale is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela and the polar bear, Nanu, on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness. Once a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, the walrus and the polar bear are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them.
Directed by
Adam Ravetch; Sarah Robertson.
Written by
Linda Woolverton (narration); Mose Richards (narration); Kristin Gore (narration).
Starring
Queen Latifah (Narrator); Katrina Agate (Kid in End Credits); Zain Ali (Kid in End Credits); Preston Bailey (Kid in End Credits); Kwesi Boakye (Kid in End Credits); Michael Huang (Kid in End Credits); Sierra Marcoux (Kid in End Credits); Dante Pastula (Kid in End Credits); Peyton Pearson (Kid in End Credits); Isabella Peschardt (Kid in End Credits); Christina Robinson (Kid in End Credits); Lili Sepe (Kid in End Credits); Ke'ala Valencia (Kid in End Credits). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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Arctic Imitation
Mark Banks (United Kingdom)
Opinion: Limited Recommendation
I wasn't enamoured with Arctic Tale, to me it had all the hallmarks of a production company that had set out to imitate the success and formula of the likes of The March of the Penguins, Winged Migration etc. yet failed to include the two vital ingredients of originality and humour. Though competent, Queen Latifah's narration did little to promote the few merits of this documentary, and there was also a strange last minute addition of global warming issues in a vain attempt to raise the credibility of the production. For dedicated arctic wildlife fans or children that are simply keen to learn there may be something this documentary can offer, but for the masses it offers little new and would be best skipped over for one of the previously mentioned substitutes.
