Deep Sea 3D: Critic Reviews

Clocking in at 39 minutes, which may be about all the eyes can handle, Deep Sea 3D transports exotic sea species literally to our noses.

Deep Sea 3D, like the excellent Sharks 3D, has a message about the importance of relationships under the sea and why humans should not upset the delicate balance of nature by depleting ocean species.

A vision of nature that even a strip miner would want to conserve.

The movie has little new to offer to conservation.

Director-lenser Howard Hall's return to the depths should have been more urgent than Into the Deep, but instead, it's more superficial.

One of the more solidly entertaining deep-sea documentaries filmed in IMAX.

Kids will shriek with awe and delight, and grown-ups might join them as they duck the luminous moon jellyfish and shimmering glassy minnows that swim past them in a myriad profusion.

The entire film envelops you in an incredible array of fascinating sea life. The effect is continuous and so successful that you'll find yourself holding your breath.

4 starsYou can just sink into "Deep Sea 3D," a lovely, lush experience that, believe it or not, blends the grandeur of the deep with the violence of nature and the sad state in which humans have left the oceans.

...an all-too-brief but fascinating look at some of our ocean's irreplaceable treasures.

No matter who's talking, the audience's attention will be on the images wrapping themselves around them.

The Halls have taken an artistic leap beyond their masterful Coral Reef Adventure (2003), stripping away much of the narrative thread and allowing the film to drift to and fro on currents of sheer beauty.

After being in something of a rut for a while, the IMAX 3-D format is back at the top of its game with this fascinating tour of the world's oceans and the bizarre, alien-looking life forms found there.

There is no downtime in the production. You'll spend every moment oohing and aahing at the delicate balance of nature in the gently swaying deep sea.

Even though this film does provide some conventional thrills, what's surprising is how intimate, and almost shiveringly sensitive, it makes the ocean seem

And so it goes, for a magical 40 minutes: underwater footage often startlingly beautiful, made more so by the immediacy of 3D.

Fancy a spot of scuba diving? Without getting wet? And in the company of Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet?

Deep Sea 3D doesn't go any deeper than the ocean floor . . . but that's pretty deep.

Take the plunge. This is one instance where it's totally delightful to feel like you're swimming with sharks.

Forget haunted houses and the mountains of the moon: There's no better environment to show off the wonder of the immersive IMAX 3-D experience than the deep blue sea.

The 3D images are crisp and engrossing. Let the field trips begin!

In sum: Many creatures are eaten, but this often-impressive movie left me hungry for more.

If the typical IMAX offering has a handful of unforgettable shots, this one delivers about 50.