My Octopus Teacher (2020)
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: James Reed, Pippa Ehrlich
Starring: Craig Foster, Tom Foster
Genre: Documentary
Country: South Africa
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My Octopus Teacher belongs to 10 collections
1. Female Directors (public: moderated by djross - 86 stars)
2. Oscar Winner: Best Documentary, Feature (public: moderated by sengir - 6 stars)
3. Availability: Netflix Canada (public: moderated by geohawk - 5 stars)
4. Directed collaboratively (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
5. Netflix Sverige (public: moderated by Jakobostgren - 1 star)
6. Mini Reviewed (private: Adds)
7. seen in 2020 (private: sproost)
8. Dämon 2020 (private: caffe)
9. 2021 Oscar (private: Ozancan)
10. Oscars 2020-2021 Winners (private: truman.rose)
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One of the unlikeliest films to give you all the feels. The film has a relatively simple premise for a documentary, but the investment you feel for this creature and their relationship is as emotional as it is unexpected.
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Yeni akım belgeselcilik örneği olarak adlandırabileceğim, özel olandan genele olana doğru çokça çıkarım yapacağınız bir hikaye. İnsanın kedi köpek dışında canlılarlada ortak bir dil yaratabileceğini bize kanıtlayan bu değerli hikaye sevgi güven gibi kavramların ne kadar evrensel olduğunu gösterecektir. İsmail kitabında da bahsettiği gibi canlılık sadece insanlarla başlamadı ve derinlerde bütün canlılar ile evrimsel olarak aynı davranışsal kalıplara sahibiz. Yaşamın bir bütün olduğunu ahtapot üze
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| Dec 20, 2021 | sem393 | 65 4% |
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barisius | 70 42% |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Nolan69420 | 56 41% |
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Visually there's a lot of nice images happening. Underwater photography is very cool, but the narration is shit. Unbelievably pretentious, and ruined what didn't have to be a totally cringe narrative. "To understand the octopus, you must become an octopus" - This guy
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| Dec 13, 2021 | TrexiSue | 88 85% |
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Adds | 85 91% |
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My rating might be a little biased. This checks off a lot of boxes for me. I happen to be fairly fascinated by sea creatures, with a particular interest in cephalopods, and octopuses being my favorite animal. Diving to film an octopus every day in its wild habitat is a big endeavor to just sort of fall into, but I can totally relate to developing an obsessive fascination with such a creature. I didn't agree with or like all the choices this filmmaker made, but this was still incredibly touching.
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| Oct 06, 2021 | myfavchords | 73 36% |
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There are some beautiful shots of under water life in this film. The octopus is really cool and interesting in this documentary. The main guy in the film could have been more interesting. Overall I would recommend this film.
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| Oct 05, 2021 | Vilputti | 80 75% |
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Phenomenal footage and an engrossing story. During the film, I was fully immersed in this beautiful world and yes, I also wish to feel an eight-legged tentacle hug right now. Days after watching, I started to dislike it. The thick amount of melodrama now seems ridiculous. The childlike monologues are delivered with intense seriousness, but often feel like a parody.
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kaziragi | 70 90% |
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Octopuses are truly amazing creatures and this film only scratches the surface of why. The narrative drama in this feels very unfocussed, pretentious and shallow but not quite atrocious or unwatchable either. The filmmakers seem to lack a clear idea of what this documentary is really about and evade all the interesting or deep questions in a frustrating way. The underwater footage is often very compelling but I wish it was supported by a more substantially informative or reflective narrative.
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8?(T ^ T), I love everything about nature...
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| Aug 03, 2021 | brell | 35 56% |
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okay I hear you but have you ever considered that you're already interfering by being an octopus paparazzi, like at least help the celeb out of their car crash even if it is a more natural death for their kind
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| Jul 27, 2021 | Lonewolf2003 | 68 32% |
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Stunning underwater nature shots and the octopus was very encaptivating. But the documentarymaker getting over a life crisis thanks to the octopus is only dealt with very superficial and broad.
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If you love nature docs you'll like this, even only for the beautiful shots in the incredibly crystal clear water. Octupuses are amazing, but the cynical me questions the authenticity of the narrative (and the whole 'teacher' angle); the bigger concern is Foster's contradictory attitude towards his subject: If you spend so long building up a relationship with an intelligent wild animal, why then act like you're just an impartial observer when it's being attacked? Some mate he is.
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A surprising and informative documentary, though the filmmaker's story is not particularly compelling
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Finally a film that speaks my language. Anyone that spends a good deal of time practicing observance in wilderness knows how real this film is. Quite a lot more depth to this than your typical made-up sequence found in a BBC Natural History unit production.
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PetrosTser | 60 39% |
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Beautifully shot, no doubt, and with moments of both warmth and intensity, "My Octopus Teacher" explores rather unusual themes, something that probably sets it apart from what you've already seen. It's pretty interesting as a nature documentary, however the philosophical, introspective overtones, e.g. the parallels drawn between the octopus and humans, were a bit generic and shallow for my liking, as all living organisms have to face and overcome adversity, not just us and the octopi.
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| May 29, 2021 |  |
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Are you bonding with her? Or are you blindsiding her? You had a chance to comfort a wild animal at the end of its life. An animal that trusted you. How profound that could have been.
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I didn't care the least about the poetic/pretentious narration, but the amazing underwater shots carried the film for me.
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Beautiful documentary. I thought the filmmaker was actually what made this even more interesting than it would have been if it were just a Planet Earth crew stalking an octopus for months on end. His passion/obsession made it more fascinating for me. And though his vague story about his life and the octopus being parallel was a bit odd, I appreciated his thoughts about nature and his connection with his son.
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| May 03, 2021 |  |
Bojangles | 65 69% |
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Anthropomorphized? How? I didn't see the octopus hop in its Toyota Tundra to go pick up groceries. It seemed like an octopus to me...
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christof | 85 76% |
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I imagine the overly earnest narration was not to everyone's taste. However, it has some precise and important things to say about 'othering' nature/wildlife. Incredible detail and sensitivity brought to a few square meters of ocean.
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By showcasing his unique relationship with an octopus, Craig made me question in 90min, my entire existence and way of life. How little I know about the world around me. His dedication and hard work to find the octopus every single day was truly inspiring. It was incredibly endearing to see that relationship develop little by little. Their first physical contact made me tear up. And what are the odds of his son finding and holding what was probably its tiny surviving offspring. Just fascinating.
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hak etmiş oscarı dili kurgusu ve hikaye anlatımı cok olgundu w/aly @mltp
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Some of the moments of the protagonist and the octopus are cool but the narrative is rather useless. "I started thinking like an octopus" .... *rolls eyes*
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| Apr 24, 2021 | zetabel | 70 32% |
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CosmicMonkey | 73 41% |
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The definition of a "crowd-pleaser documentary", cute, pretty and heartwarming, but also pretty mindless and empty. The story is certainly touching, the underwater photography is stunning and octopi are definitely cool af, but that's about all the entire film is.
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| Apr 23, 2021 |  |
erkayama | 75 64% |
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psim | 74 43% |
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The underwater photography is great and the film tells a surprisingly coherent story, but I could have done with about 30% less pontificating voice-over.
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didem. | 70 31% |
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chiphall72 | 63 36% |
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| Apr 17, 2021 | Teacher | 43 12% |
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The best part about this movie is in 5 years when it's on mute in Best Buy and I'm comparing which TV displays better colors. It's pretty, but it's incredibly boring. Your girlfriend is not interesting Craig, please just buy a car for your midlife crisis
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Kraven1138 | 78 81% |
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nforvendetta | 100 99% |
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