Flight of the Butterflies

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Flight of the Butterflies

Released Oct 1, 2012

44m

Adventure

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Scientist Fred Urquhart (Gordon Pinsent) studies migration of the monarch butterfly for 40 years.

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Kim Ode

Minneapolis Star Tribune

You'll leave better informed about monarchs and environmental concerns, but also a little awed by the twists and turns and darn good luck behind a lot of scientific advancements.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 2, 2014

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

The filmmakers turn classroom material into a dense procedural. Meanwhile, they capture phenomenal footage of the monarch in its various stages, from egg to chrysalis to the butterfly that hates winter as much as I do.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 18, 2013

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Marco Chown Oved

Toronto Star

It's a story that begins and ends in Toronto and returns every year - and it's never been so spectacularly and passionately retold until now.

Rated: 4/4

Apr 12, 2013

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

Gentle docu celebrates miracle of butterfly migration.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 26, 2016

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Jim Schembri

3AW

At the preview...the 3D effect had scores of kids reaching out to touch the butterflies. It was as gorgeous a sight to behold as anything on the giant Imax screen.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 12, 2013

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Rex Roberts

Film Journal International

Short, easy-to-like and informative movie is refreshingly upbeat, as bright as its subject, and at just under 45 minutes, a perfect entertainment for restless youngsters.

Jan 3, 2013

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Maria R

Learned more about butterflies in 44 minutes than in my almost 40 years of living

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Audience Member

It was horrible we reported on it in school it sucked

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

What a wonderful, unbelievable story. A Must See for everybody.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

A wonderful documentary that is harmed by its short length. We learn about Fred Urquhart and his attempts to unravel the mystery around his favourite scientific focus.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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9/2/16 Netflix Simple awesome, gorgeous, fascinating and educational. Wish I had seen it in IMAX. makes me want to do two things, plant milkweed in my backyard and find a place in Texas or Mexico where I can witness this phenomenon in person. What an incredible, moving and beautiful work.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

It was bad and it made me cry

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Synopsis

Scientist Fred Urquhart (Gordon Pinsent) studies migration of the monarch butterfly for 40 years.

Director: Mike Slee
Distributor: SK Films
Production Co: SK Films
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 1, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2016
Runtime: 44m

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