China: The Panda Adventure 2001

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: [Young] occasionally mines the IMAX cliches ... but more often he delivers unforgettable images of China. Read more

John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune: If you can ignore the cookie-cutter story and wooden characters and focus instead on the natural wonders that are passing us by as we travel up the Yangtze, chances are good that you won't be disappointed. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: [Young] knows what's important in an IMAX movie and makes certain that the vastness and beauty of China are matched by the pandas' lovable quotient. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: So much care has been lavished on the lush, vivid cinematography that very little seems to have been left over for such picayune matters as script continuity, plausible dialogue, coherent editing and acting. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: Despite being helmed by Robert M. Young, who knows more than a bit about docus and drama, China immediately plays as a wooden period piece. Read more