Grizzly Man (2005):

Starring:

Timothy Treadwell

Werner Herzog (Narrator)

Jewel Palovak

Warren Queeney

Willy Fulton

Director:

Werner Herzog (Cave Of Forgotten Dreams; Rescue Dawn; Encounters At The End Of The World)

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Flixster: 82%

Synopsis:

This documentary centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell, who periodically journeyed to Alaska to study and live with the bears. The outdoors man and author -- along with his partner, Amie Huguenard -- was eventually killed and devoured by one of the very animals to whom he had devoted years of study.

Review:

This film is actually very tragic in nature. A man's unconditional love, respect (sometimes lack of) & devotion to natures most powerful creatures which became his ultimate demise. Archive footage shot by Timothy Treadwell over a span of 3 years in the Alaskan wilderness while he lives amongst & with the wild Grizzly Bears that roam the frontier. He was an extremely eccentric man who had an unmatched love for the world & all of the creatures in it. You can see the mental anguish he went through to try & help the world understand his passion & dream to protect them from destruction of habitat, poaching & invasion of their territory. The story is split between Timothy's footage & Director Werner Herzog's interviews of Timothy's friends, colleagues & critics. There is an incredibly sad scene towards the end of the film where one of Timothy's former girlfriends & research assistants allows Herzog to listen to the tape that has the audio of the event where Timothy & his then Girlfriend Amie Huguenard are mauled & killed by a 1,300 lbs. adult male Grizzly bear while at their camp site. After listening to it, both Herzog & Palovak break down & cannot control themselves to which Herzog tells her that she must never listen to the tape & that she should destroy it. In the worst humanly way possible I was slightly disappointed that we are not able to hear the audio, but do completely understand why we are not allowed to hear it. Overall it is a very good documentary with all different emotions tied to it.

73%
 
Cinematography: 12/20
Intrigue: 13/20
Extra: 10/10
Non-Bias Story Telling: 9/10