Enchanted Kingdom (2014)

This absolutely beautiful documentary on our World, its mystical beauty and miracles including slow motion footage of nature, animals, seasons, new life and daily beauties I've never seen ... See full summary »

Directors:

Patrick Morris, Neil Nightingale

Stars:

Idris Elba, Lambert Wilson, Lillie-Mae Stewart

Cast

Credited cast:
Idris Elba	...	Narrator (voice)
Lambert Wilson	...	Narrator (French version) (voice)
Lillie-Mae Stewart	...	Fountain Child
Hayley Joanne Bacon	...	The Mother
Humberto Tan	...	Narrator (Dutch version) (voice)
India Dale-Hill	...	Girl in Yellow

Storyline

This absolutely beautiful documentary on our World, its mystical beauty and miracles including slow motion footage of nature, animals, seasons, new life and daily beauties I've never seen nor imagined existed. The photography is sensational. The animal behaviour shown is incredible, beautiful and humorous. Never been a fan of nature documentaries, this blew me away.

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Taglines:

Experience the wonder.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bob the wildebeest was pushed.

User Reviews

Sappy muck

This is not so much a nature documentary, as a lesson in how NOT to make a nature documentary. It feels more like a student project made by someone who has seen way too many David Attenborough films, and try their best to mimic his style, without any of the talent.

That's not to say it's all bad: The cinematography is quite astounding at times, and there are plenty of images which will leave your mouth agape.

But the hamfisted voice-over is nothing but a constant stream of on-the-nose awkwardness, the forced segways constantly pull attention to themselves, and the incoherent story-lines break every rule of storytelling. And to top it all off, it ends with an unbelievable bad final scene showing children dancing in slow-motion to an absolutely horrendous soundtrack whose lyrics beats you upon the head with its message. It has the subtlety of someone crashing a plane into a skyscraper, and leaves you with just about the same feeling.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 May 2014 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Enchanted Kingdom

Filming Locations:

Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,766,058

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Earth, BBC Worldwide, Evergreen Recording Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color