Parent reviews for Earth

This is a great movie.It teaches you a lot about nature! Your gonna love this movie,I promise you.

This movie takes you into the lives of one of the most extraordinary animals on this planet! It's entertaining and especially educational! Some parents may want to talk to there kids after watching a male bird doing a weird sexy dance to attract a female! And some kids, even adults, may cry when one animal dies of starvation. Thankfully, that is the only death scene throughout the whole movie! I love nature documentary movies, and so far, this is the best one!

I was hoping this film would be a great introduction to nature and nature documentary for my four-year-old. I was very disappointed. It isn't a bad film. It is a good film with a very important message about how environmental changes are placing many important and beloved animal species in peril. Perhaps because of the Disney label, I was expecting a more gentle look at animal habitat, behavior, and Earth ecosystems. The film focuses too much on the tragedies: a baby caribou separated from the herd by wolves; a doomed disoriented baby elephant in a sandstorm; and an exhausted, fatally starved polar bear. This film left me - a lifetime watcher of nature documentaries - in tears. I do not recommend this film for any sensitive child of any age. (I found the "Oceans" installment better at highlighting the most interesting features of animal life and minimizing the cruel realities of living on a food chain.)

I REALLY didn't like how true to life it was, considering it was marketed for all ages. My child got really upset about the animals that were being attacked, as well as the little elephant that "lost it's mommy". She didn't understand the death parts, but DID understand that what was happening was not good. How can we show the horrors and realities of life to kids of all ages? Although true to nature, it was disturbing that disney included these scenes, even briefly. And then there was the imagry of the baby animals being born. No offense, but we don't need disney to potentially start up the "birds and bees" conversation with our children. That should be a parent's or parents' personal choice on when and how to discuss the facts of life. We didn't need very graphic imagery of the birthing process right in our faces. I am a mom of a young child and was VERY disappointed in this movie, AND with Disney for that matter. We gave this movie away!

Great visuals with beautiful photography. Unfortunately, my 6 and 8 year old were completely horrified by the hunting and killing of prey. They screamed and cried through a great deal of this movie.

Don't let the few grim or violent scenes cause you to miss this utterly breathtaking film, but do try to prepare your kids for what they might see. If they cover their eyes during the few brief scenes they can't handle, they won't have to leave the film crying, and they'll be rewarded with some of the most amazing nature photography ever. It's not pleasant to know that some animals have to struggle to survive, but it's all part of the big picture.

Amazing, stunning movie - everyone needs to see this movie to appreciate the planet we live on. What a reminder of the beauty of this Earth, the struggle of the animals to survive, the cycle of seasons and how everything is divinely orchestrated.

I took my 5yr old son to see this today. He was so mesmerized by the breathtaking scenery, the incredible animals, etc. He didn't like the cheetah because it caught the gazelle but it wasn't upsetting to him. I just simply explained the circle of life and he was fine w/it. I think any younger and they'd lose interest because some parts move a little slowly, but if they're interested in our planet and what goes on in it, this will truly engage them.

I was shocked by the level of violence in this film; more actual intense graphic violence than my wife and I ever remember seeing in a film, especially one rated G with absolutely no warning. While the violence is limited to only a few sequences in the entire film, they were so disturbing that my 8 year old had to walk out briefly during a disturbing scene, saying "I don't like this movie." This movie speaks to the importance of some better official designation for films with intense horrific scenes. I can't believe this is rated G.