Turtle: The Incredible Journey

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Turtle: The Incredible Journey

G

2011

1h 21m

Documentary

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Twenty-five years later, a loggerhead turtle travels 9,000 miles to the Florida beach where it hatched.

Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

06/30/2011

3.5/5

A solitary long-distance traveler with prehistoric cachet, the loggerhead turtle makes a compelling subject for a nature film, as the spectacularly shot, aptly named Turtle: The Incredible Journey demonstrates, if at times too feverishly.

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Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

06/24/2011

A smartly shot sea documentary delivers its ecological message but does suffer from an overly dramatic narration.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

06/24/2011

2.5/4

Nick Stringer's documentary about the 25-year migratory cycle of loggerhead turtles has some remarkable underwater footage.

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

08/05/2019

2.5/4

It's hard to pull focus away from the sheer majesty of the story and its stunning imagery.

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Will Leitch

Deadspin

06/23/2013

C

Standard-issue TV doc stuff geeked up to feature length and spectacle.

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Steve Persall

Tampa Bay Times

07/20/2011

B

Penguins march but sea turtles mostly float through instinctual rituals of reproduction, a process detailed in Turtle: The Incredible Journey. Nick Stringer's nature documentary moves about as fast as its subject, which is to say not very.

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Courtney K

@c0urtn3y 02/09/2014

the footage is amazing -- very beautiful. like another reviewer said, i wonder how on earth they were able to film all of that.

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06/30/2013

Watched this yesterday.,, it was awesome! My boys love these animal documentaries. It's so cool to learn!

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05/14/2013

Different/A bit scary/ A little Boring/Not Bad/Kinda Liked.../Comes full circle

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08/18/2012

Being a sea turtle is no joke...

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06/23/2012

Talk about not wasting any time with the procreating! Lol

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06/04/2012

A nice little documentary about the life of a sea turtle. Learn a few things and for someone who doesn't have discovery they come in handy to watch from time to time.

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Nick Stringer

Director

Miranda Richardson

Narrator

Melanie Finn

Screenwriter

Chris Clarke

Executive Producer

Sarah Cunliffe

Producer

Mike Downey

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Synopsis

Twenty-five years later, a loggerhead turtle travels 9,000 miles to the Florida beach where it hatched.

Director: Nick Stringer
Producer: Sarah Cunliffe, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
Screenwriter: Melanie Finn
Distributor: Hannover House
Production Co: Big Wave Productions Ltd.
Rating: G
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $386.1K
Runtime: 1h 21m