Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Fun small animal stories feature harrowing moments.
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Tiny Creatures
What's the Story?
Narrated by Mike Colter, TINY CREATURES is a docudrama about little animals across the United States experiencing new things and facing scary moments as they explore the world around them. From an escaped golden hamster seeking adventure in New York City to a rescued duckling trying to survive the wilds of her young owner's bedroom, each episode features a small creature that ventures out into a world beyond its own. As they see and experience new things, they must also do everything they can to avoid their natural enemies, and hopefully find some friends along the way.
Is It Any Good?
Each episode of this fun, but dramatic, docuseries offers a scripted, and sometimes anthropomorphizing, story about small animals' heroic adventures out in the wild. Each tale contains some lighthearted moments, but watching the animals' efforts to escape predators (and sometimes harmful humans) can be nerve-wracking thanks to the dramatic voice-over and use of slow-motion video. Nonetheless, there are lots of lovely and interesting images here, and Tiny Creatures will amuse those looking for more entertaining animal stories.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the way Tiny Creatures tells each animal's story. Does the narration make it more interesting? Scary? Are the events that transpire as dramatic as the narrator makes them out to be?
Imagine that you are a tiny creature. What would it be like to live in such a big world? Would it be as adventurous or treacherous as it seems in this series?
TV Details
- Premiere date : August 7, 2020
- Cast : Mike Colter
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Reality TV
- Topics : Animals ( Bugs , Wild Animals )
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 30, 2025
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