Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

ShangLuda Admirable film.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

milbankj I'm not a Disneyphobe (nor am I a Disneyphile) but this needed its very fine cinematography to lift its rating and keep me watching. Undoubtedly, the script and narration will go down well with followers of the genre, as will the genteel treatment of the cruel realities of life and death in the wild, such as an absence of gore. This is not a criticism, just an observation. It is Disney, after all, and that's all. As a many-times observer in the flesh of real-life African wildlife action, I was glued to this only by its visuals. Apart from the unreal lack of blood, they were among the best I've seen in documentaries depicting the lives of big cats, and it was a relief not to have a narrator putting his face in front of the camera at every opportunity. Oh, and I have no problem with anthropomorphic descriptions of wild animals. I've seen big cats in the wild showing the same basic emotions as humans...affection between relatives and allies, anger and fear towards enemies, and so on: a lioness staring with what can only be described as great anger; fear in a lion's face before it turned and fled from humans on foot it had detected in the distance; pain in the eyes of an injured lion, beaten in a fight.

Dillon Schohr In 2009 Disney Nature brought us "Earth" which is absolutely amazing but we had seen it before with the television series "Planet Earth", and if it feels familiar, its because they are from the same British producer, and director. Then a year later we get "Oceans", which is personally better than "Earth", and follows life under the sea, and crams in the underlying tone of needing to respect nature, because of the human qualities they share with us. Now in 2011, we get African Cats which is so far the best of the Disney Nature films. Keith Scholey, and Alastair Fothergilland have made a documentary that children, and adults will love. The film follows three stories in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. A younger cub named Mara, and her aging lioness mother Layla. Fang, the leader of the pride, who must protect his family from Kali, and his adult sons who want dominance over the land, and Sita, a cheetah mother who has the difficulty of raising five newborns all by herself in the tough African Savannah.The storytelling has been done to almost perfection, The first fifty minutes was undoubtedly the most compelling footage of the film, and is where the documentary flourished. Another great thing was that it let us clearly see the view of each animal it followed. Layla wants nothing more than to protect her cub Mara, Fang wants to remain king of the land, but seems a little to cowardly to do so, Kali wants to dethrone Fang and take over of his land, and Sita's mission is to train/protect her babies to become the best predators they can be. Where the film failed, was the choice of repeating a lot of the same tribal songs, during that last half- hour which made it drag a little. But overall this is a fulfilling, intriguing, and heart-felt documentary. I give it an 8 out of 10. Side note: While sitting in the theater a trailer came on that stars a young red head girl and Heather Graham, called "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer". The trailer did not describe what the film was about, but it is most definitely was a children's movie, and it looked like you would be catastrophically dumber after watching it. So if your gonna take your kid to see a movie anytime soon, make it African Cats, and not Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2, or Hop.

Sayasam This movie is very enjoyable to watch.It narrated the story of two lion clans in Africa and how each one evolve and grow.It's purely wonderful.Well, sometimes it's hard to recognize who is who, but you won't get lost in the story.A beautiful story of leadership, mother love and travel.Watch it with the whole family.It is very well narrated and written.If you like lions, you will love this movie.This movie contains some other animals too like elephant, hyenas and birds.But the main story is the story of the two lion families.

Brent Trafton I watch a lot of nature documentaries and the ones by BBC Nature have set the bar very high. "African Cats" by Disney Nature is the first film that has equaled or exceeded BBC Nature in quality.The picture quality is absolutely stunning! They must be using the highest quality cameras and lenses. The editing and music are all top quality. Some people might object to the dramatic narration by Samuel L. Jackson but I liked it.Of course the real stars here are the lions and cheetahs. The film does a really good job of showing how they interact with each other socially. While some people might accuse the film of being anthropomorphic, I felt it did an honest job of showing their social hierarchy.If you are a fan of nature documentaries, you can't miss "African Cats."