Sea Lions of the Galapagos (2025)

Jack and I always love the Disneynature animal documentaries and this year's Earth Day release is no exception. The magnificent pictures and the writing that typically anthropomorphizes the creatures overcome Brendan Fraser's less-than-lively narration.

Add to our delight the fact that we visited Galapagos (we were taught not to say "the Galapagos," unless saying "the Galapagos Islands," but I guess the Disney folks didn't get that memo) in 2022.

Co-directors Keith Scholey and Hugh Wilson work from the work by co-writers David Fowler (narration), Richard Wollocombe, Wilson, and Scholey (those three are credited with the original story).

I'm streaming composer Raphaelle Thibaut's lovely soundtrack on Apple Music and remembering the beautiful work by cinematographers Paul Stewart and Wollocombe.

As far as I know this is the 18th Disneynature documentary. We have seen almost all and I've listed them in this post.

Fraser was last blogged for his Oscar-winning performance in The Whale and Scholey and Fowler for Dolphin Reef and Diving with Dolphins. This is Wilson's directorial and writing debut but he has worked as producer on a few other nature documentaries. Wollocombe has shot a number of nature documentaries and Thibaut has over two dozen credits. Stewart also has over two dozen credits, including the Disneynature Born in China.

This movie (actually listed on imdb as a TV Special) has no Rotten Tomatoes averages, although four out of the five reviewers listed liked it and the single audience member who weighed in gave it 5/5 stars. At the moment, it's available to stream on on Disney+ with a subscription, which we did on May 2.