Review of A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010) by Ming L — 15 Apr 2011
DRIFT through life without any real purpose and good things will happen - that seems to be the chilled-out mantra of this computer-animated adventure with a strong environmental message.
It chronicles the 50-year life of the reptile (voiced by John Hurt), who looks back on his life, from hatching on a Californian beach in 1959 (the younger Sammy voiced by Dominic Cooper) to his return there to help shepherd a new generation of turtles into the sea. He meets leatherback turtle pal Ray (played by Robert Sheehan), and discovers the love of his life Shelly (Gemma Arterton) - only to lose her to the strong tides - and circumnavigates the globe.
Despite an oil spill, pollution, global warming and piranhas, the turtles are never in serious peril.
It's pitched at a very young audience and the animation is mediocre at best, while the script paints mankind as both nature's greatest enemy and its saviour.
Turtley forgettable.
This review of A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010) was written by Ming L on 15 Apr 2011.
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures has generally received mixed reviews.
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