Turtle: The Incredible Journey

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Turtle: The Incredible Journey

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Released Jun 24, 2011

1h 21m

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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

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.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 30, 2011

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Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

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

Jun 24, 2011

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 24, 2011

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

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

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 5, 2019

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Will Leitch

Deadspin

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

Rated: C

Jun 23, 2013

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Steve Persall

Tampa Bay Times

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.

Rated: B

Jul 20, 2011

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Being a sea turtle is no joke...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Talk about not wasting any time with the procreating! Lol

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Nick Stringer

Director

Miranda Richardson

Narrator

Melanie Finn

Screenwriter

Chris Clarke

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Sarah Cunliffe

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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

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