Never Cry Wolf

I saw this film in the theatre with my parents when I was 8 years old. Even at that age this movie left me breathless in all the good ways. It was beautiful, funny, touching and inspiring. It treated the subject of nature and conservation in way that I hadn't seen before and rarely since. The haunting silence of this film is mezmerizing and the dialogue is spare but wonderfully written. It is a masterpiece.

In regard to the negative comments refeencing the nudity in this film: Every person (including children) has genitals. We see them when we shower, when we use the washroom, when we change out clothes, etc. Why is it that to some people seing a person's genitals (in a non-sexual way) in a film is considered worse that violence? The scenes in this film that portray nudity do not do so in a sexual way. In fact when Tyler (the main character) is shown in the nude it only helps to re-enforce the plot and the feeling that this scientist is in essence trying to let go of his humization for a time, to be wild, like the wolves and caribou in a place so far from human habitation. Even as a child I understood and appreciated this. Parents who try to protect their children from this kind of learning are doing misguidedly in my opinion. This is an enriching film for all ages regarless of the brief nudity and perhaps to some small extent, because of it.

Compared to other films that children could be watching (including many animated films from Disney and others, this movie has a lot to offer. There is no violence, sexual content, bad language, or anything else that parents often neglect to see in films that are supposed to be for children.

For those parents and movie lovers in general who have not yet watched this film, let me ad my recommendation to the many others here.