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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This super-duper deluxe nature documentary clearly aims to recruit young viewers as conservationists. Read full review

  • 80
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    Earth eloquently shows the struggle, life doing what it must to sustain life. The spectacle is stirring. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety |

    A ravishing distillation of the BBC/Discovery series "Planet Earth," docu brings to the large screen memorable images that cried out on TV for the full movie-going experience. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    It would be Pollyannaish to pretend that the documentary Earth is without its problems, but the bottom line is, difficulties be damned, it shouldn't be missed. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Filled with unexpected facts. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    A gorgeously photographed storybook. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    Although Earth falls short of its potential, it still contains enough glorious photography to please its target audience. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    This is nature defanged and declawed for kiddie consumption, so the emphasis is on awwww-filled moments. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    If you've watched the BBC series "Planet Earth," then Earth will seem like a familiar, if stunning, global rewarming. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    For adults, Earth misses the mark of riveting storytelling. Earth crams in the dramatic adventures of several species (including penguins) - with the result that it comes up short on telling one really good story. Read full review

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