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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

Release Date 25 Mar 2011 25 Aug 2011

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Certificate: NR

Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure

Follows the wonderful adventures of Sammy the sea turtle as he searches the ocean for his one true love. Sammy scrambles to the sea shortly after hatching on a beach in California and quickly finds and loses the love of his life, the beautiful Shelly. During the epic journey which all turtles accomplish before returning to the beach where they were born, Sammy dodges every possible danger; he battles with piranhas, escapes a fish eagle and searches for a mysterious secret passage, in the hope of meeting Shelly again.

Cast:
Isabelle Fuhrman | Tim Curry | Melanie Griffith | Jenny McCarthy | Kathy Griffin | Anthony Anderson | Stacy Keach | Ed Begley Jr. | Pat Carroll | Billy Unger

Writers:
Domonic Paris

Producers:
Gina Gallo | Mimi Maynard | Domonic Paris

Directors:
Ben Stassen

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  • Currently 2/5 Stars.

Movies.ie Critic Review

ife on open sea turns out to be pretty perilous for our little turtle (Cooper), spending his first hatching hours being snatched by a hungry seagull and going on to put up a good fight against harpoons, hippies and heartbreak. Yep, heartbreak, Sammy travelling what seems to be the entire seascape of planet earth before being reunited with childhood sweetheart Shelly (Arterton).

THE VERDICT: This Belgian offering won the Best Feature at the Cartoon Movies 2010 – which really makes you wonder about the competition. Competent, even sweet, but clearly just for the very young. And anyone who hasn’t seen Finding Nemo. Or any of its other pale imitators. Director Stassen specializes in 3D ‘ride’ films, and the background scenery and the occasional eye-popping visual are about the only notable factors here.

Review by Paul Byrne 

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    • Currently 3/5 Stars.

    SweetChaos

    Ive seen this movie in 3d it was spectacular in 3D really worth seeing because of it the kids really enjoyed it

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