Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
by Mike Slee;Chris Barker
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Actor: Whoopi GoldbergDirector: Mike Slee;Chris Barker
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: The Weinstein Company
DVD Reviews of Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
DVD Review: Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
Whoopie Goldberg's presence overwhelms this movie and takes away from the Meerkats. Skip this movie. I LOVE the Meerkats, but this was not good.DVD Review: Flower's blossoming
Summary: 3 Stars
I agree with the other reviewers -- Sean Astin's narration is preferable to Whoopi Goldberg's. But who really watches "Meerkat Manor" for the narration, anyway? This story is all about Flower, the matriarch of the Whiskers meerkat clan. If you were saddened by her death on the series, it's nice to watch this early video of her and her clan, as she journeys from very small and tragic beginnings to a still small (12" tall) adult meerkat that is a force to be reckoned with. It's hard not to put human traits on the meerkats -- loyalty, treachery, bravery, cowardice, love. Perhaps humans don't have a monopoly on such things after all! Rent or buy this for Flower.DVD Review: Not Factial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I was very excited to see this movie. I was EXTREMELY dissapointed.A lot of what the movie said and showed simply wasn`t true! Flower`s sister Petal was killed by a goshawk not a snake. They changed the name Bulgarion to Titan and Ziziphus to Regan. They completely left out Flower`s cousin Risca`s one-year reign as leader of the Whiskers. Zaphod and Yossarian were Vivian rovers not Lazuli, and when they joined Whiskers they joined with six other Vivian males. Flower did not win her first battle with the Lazuli, she lost it. The movie needed more action (it was to slow moving) . Plus this movie does not show enough of Flower`s early leadership. Flower, Vialli, Holly, Yossarian, Zaphod, Argon, and the other meerkats aren`t played by the meerkats there supposed to be. Flower is played by six different females. READ TIM CLUTTON-BROCK`S BOOK INSTEAD!!!!!!DVD Review: Disappointing: Not What It's Cracked Up to Be
Summary: 2 Stars
Weak script, not enough real film footage and detail about Flower, skims and skips too much, not satisfying. Not like the TV show of Meerkat Manor. I bought the film to watch on my own time. If I had known it wasn't worth it, I wouldn't have bothered to buy it. Was a real fan of the TV show.DVD Review: Not so bad.
Summary: 4 Stars
In my opinion, the movie really isn't as bad as everyone says; I've got one problem with it, and that is the actual footage of the Meerkats shown in the movie are just random Meerkats that basically happened to 'do what the film crew wanted them to,' and when they did, they edited the tape together to give us the movie. If the movie was actually filmed like the Meerkat Manor series in which the actual named Meerkats are being filmed in their lives, then the movie would have been much more pleasing.
Whoopi's narrative is a bit different from what viewers may be used to, but I think she adds something 'special' and different for the movie, since the movie IS a bit different from the series. It's a good 'prequel' to the series for someone who has never seen it.
I still favour the series over the movie, but the movie is still worth seeing if you love meerkats and are open-minded to a different narrator.
Description of Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
Every great story has a magical beginning especially when that story involves the real-life adventures of a unique family of meerkats known as the Whiskers and their most beloved member, Flower. As prequel to the Meerkat Manor television series, this feature film traces the rise of Flower from a young meerkat pup to the leader of the pack. Watch as Flower blooms into a remarkable matriarch and forges a legacy amidst the unforgiving landscape of one of the harshest deserts on the planet the Kalahari. Narrated by Academy Award? -winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins will warm your heart and leave you awed by the magic of Flower s journey.Popping Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins into the DVD player and pressing play seems like a guaranteed win-win, and ultimately it is, but oddly enough Whoopi Goldberg's narration detracts from some other wonderful things happening in this feature film. Based on the television series narrated by Sean Astin, this elaborate story of the Whiskers clan crossing the "Great Divide" (the highway) to look for alternate territory is sweet and funny, thanks to the meerkats rather than the sometimes sappy script. In it, Flower is born into a charismatic litter, including Petal, Thumper, and Hazel, who reveal wilderness to be a dangerous place. As Flower witnesses repeated Whisker clan hardships, including battles with various impressive predators, Flower grows into the natural leader that she eventually becomes. Over the course of the story, one meets several matriarchs, both of the Whiskers clan and of their warring tribe, the Lazuli gang. At times, the narration is spot-on, while at other times Goldberg's narration teeters confusingly between documentary and fantasy, between adult and child humor. Not to say there is anything inappropriate here for kids. In fact, one of the films' best attributes is its ability to show death as an integrated part of the life cycle. Additionally, it is a pleasure to witness meerkats at close range, especially during several clan battles set underground. (Baby meerkats abound throughout, making for footage that is quite irresistible!) Told as a folk tale about animals and land who "share secrets every day," Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins may not be Milo & Otis or Babe, but I'll take baby meerkats any day. --Trinie Dalton
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