The whole movie feels oddly stranded and dramatically inert, despite the obvious passion that went into making it.

Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

While the film’s perception of the politics of the jungle is often profound, the same cannot be said of its take on the human world.

Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

For every scene of dazzling wonder, there’s another of outsized horror; for every big cat who looks ready to jump off the screen, there’s a wolf that appears bizarrely unfinished. There is little middle ground.