A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
Microcosmos has generally received very positive reviews.
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Microcosmos was released in 1996 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 124 reviews, giving Microcosmos (1996) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 89% and users giving an average score of 86%.
With a score of 83%, Microcosmos is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like Sling Blade, Secrets & Lies and When We Were Kings.
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