African Cats
United States
2011
89 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Samuel L. Jackson narrates this Disneynature documentary set on the plains of the African savanna, where tight-knit animal families of lions and cheetahs reveal themselves to be a lot like the rest of us.
The cinema-photography in "African Cats" was wonderful and the close-up photography was amazing - BUT the narration and anthropomorphizing of the cats was terrible and distracting. The animals have names and the cat families are depicted having adventures which might appeal more to child viewers than adults. Disney's legendary 1994 animated smash "The Lion King" had more emotional wallop..."