Review of The Last Lions (2011) by Paul W — 23 Jun 2012

I thought, right up to the end, that this was a straight documentary, that the filmmakers did not manipulate the facts of the lions' lives to make a more melodramatic story. But all that was undone, when, apparently feeling they owed family audiences a happy ending after the mother lion loses her cubs, the filmmakers miraculously arranged for one missing cub to reappear.

I don't think that was factual; I felt manipulated. Otherwise a fascinating, gripping story of life in nature (red in tooth and claw, as they say). This film will be pretty intense for soft-hearted viewers ⦠by which I mean, if you shelter your children, you might want to rethink this as a family movie.