Jane

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Jane

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Released Oct 20, 2017

1h 30m

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Jane Goodall, a young and untrained woman, challenges the male dominated scientific consensus of her time with her chimpanzee research and revolutionizes people's understanding of the natural world.

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Jane honors its subject's legacy with an absorbing, beautifully filmed, and overall enlightening look at her decades of invaluable work.

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Bilge Ebiri

Spirituality & Health

Edited together with a fluidity and polish rare even in the best documentary films.

Mar 23, 2020

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Kambole Campbell

One Room With A View

A moving but flawed piece of documentary that could stand to fill in a few blanks, Jane is bolstered by a powerful score, sharp editing and an abundance of fascinating archive footage.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 25, 2018

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Chris Harvey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Watching Jane was like stepping back in time to a moment at which Homo sapiens learned something new and vital about its own family - the great apes. It was extraordinary.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 13, 2018

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Brendan Cassidy

InSession Film

Nature has a way of aligning us all, and Jane Goodall knew it. This is one of the year's best films.

Rated: A

Jul 1, 2024

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

Jane is a small pleasure, but its emotional impact is far more substantial than its modest premise would presuppose.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 1, 2020

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Jane is easily one of the finest documentaries of the year and should be a major contender come awards season.

May 19, 2020

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Martini

looks like simple success .. but this maybe fate .. you dream something, and they will come to you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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Audience Member

Actually more credible than a number of contemporary full-length nature documentaries as it's more a humanely driven portrait with undeniably grown inspiring passion as evidently functioned in reaction to an excellent prompt, reflectively stirring societally commentative observations that absorbs us within the impeccably polished restoration towards the beautiful photography with resonance. (A-)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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It is wonderful to see a frank and honest documentary about the life and work of a genuine hero of biology. Jane makes very good use of recently rediscovered, archive footage of primatologist Jane Goodall showing how her work into the behaviour of chimpanzees developed into the longest study of its kind. The dedication of this inspirational woman shines through but the film doesn't shy away from showing us some of the mistakes she made and the frailties of her personality. The early footage of her in Tanzania during the 1960s that was shot by her husband, Hugo van Lawick is fascinating and director Brett Morgan allows Goodall herself to narrate her story in the open, easy manner for which she is renowned. This film will appeal to anyone with an interest in natural history as the field owes Goodall so much. The insights it gives into how her work developed makes for compulsive and informative viewing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Although valuable to recognize the effort done for years, it doesn't catch a minimum part of the complexity and interest divulgative articles have spread about Goodall work.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely absorbing in every sense. Stunning, enlightening, funny and sad at times. I have to say one of the best movies of any type I have ever watched. Of course.....Jane Goodall is one of our planet's greatest treasures !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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breathtaking movie about everything that’s important in the universe. stunning clips from the 1960s. the documentary was both dream like and very real, showing jane’s time in the forest not as some fantasy land but a fully lived life. wonderful human being to be able to have a look into. inspiring movie about life, love, passion, and the universe

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/19/19

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Synopsis

Jane Goodall, a young and untrained woman, challenges the male dominated scientific consensus of her time with her chimpanzee research and revolutionizes people's understanding of the natural world.

Director: Brett Morgen
Producer: Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, Tony Gerber
Screenwriter: Brett Morgen
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: National Geographic Studios
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Brief Smoking Images|Animal Behavior)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 20, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9M
Runtime: 1h 30m

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