Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS]

Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS]
by DK

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Director: DK
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Color, Full length, NTSC
Running Time: 30 minutes
Release Date: 1997-06-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: DK
Studio: DK

VHS Movie Reviews of Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS]

Movie Review: Animal Families
Summary: 5 Stars

Another great and entertaining episode of Henry's Amazing Animals. It is a great and educational video for both young and old. As usual, Henry has to learn a lesson.

And this time, it about family. A entertaining and great show that should be one DVD.

Movie Review: Not good. Definitely not good.
Summary: 1 Stars

For a nature video, this production sucked, in my opinion. Henry is supposed to be irrepressible and incorrigible, but he's actually annoying and stupid. The structure revolves around interactions between Henry and the narrator, who have some sort of simplistic storyline. Some scenes take place on a white background, which is also peopled by a seemingly random assortment of live-action animals, which wander in and out of the scene without comment. They are interspersed with two types of digressions; first, there is a series of animated shorts featuring cartoon animals which never speak. The second involves more traditional nature documentary footage, which is explained by Henry and the narrator. The character of Henry is spoiled and selfish. In this installment, Henry is bothered by his baby sister, and stressed out when he can't address all of her needs. Meanwhile, he has a birthday party coming up, and is completely focused on receiving presents. This isn't teaching kids anything positive, as far as I'm concerned. The documentary footage is exceedingly brief, rarely focusing on one animal for more than ten seconds, and often flipping through a montage of animals without even naming them, let alone explaining anything about them. The cartoon interludes are somewhat interesting in that the animal characters never speak; they have the feel of a wordless comic strip. But the point of them is questionable, and the educational value is nil. Visually, the video is somewhat interesting, but the mtv-theory of throw lots at the kids to keep their attention has taken over anything of value that this series might offer.

Movie Review: Could be a lot better...
Summary: 3 Stars

We recently purchased this video for our 3 year old son. He likes the video, and it does provide some good entertainment value. However, there is definitely room for improvement. We thought this would be a Discovery Channel-type show for young children. Instead, the video spends a lot of its time focusing on the antics of Henry, the animated lizard. Most of the sequences with Henry aren't funny, and his whiny voice quickly began to grate on my nerves. This video tosses in a few short segments showing different animal families, but each of them is very short, and doesn't impart much information. On top of it all, Henry makes wise cracks and complains throughout each scene, which may provide some entertainment to your children, but which also becomes very stale upon repeated viewing.

If you are considering making purchases in this series, I would recommend buying only one video at first. Then, see how you and your kids like it before investing any more. The series definitely holds promise, if only they tone Henry down and make him less of a whiner.

Movie Review: This is a great way for Kids to begin learning about Animals
Summary: 5 Stars

Our family loves the Amazing Animal series! They are a wonderful way for young children to begin learning about the animals around us. Henry the Lizard is colorful and funny, and is very entertaining for children. It has lots of color, and comedy situations. You learn about many different animal families and how they live. The combination of Animation and real life Video keeps the kids interested over and over again. Our family gives this movie and all Amazing Animal movies a hearty reccomendation.

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Summary of Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS]

As any parent knows, raising a family involves a fair amount of protection and self-sacrifice. But, as this 24-minute tape shows, animals often go about things a little differently from humans. For instance, when was the last time you produced nourishing slime on your skin and let the youngsters chow down? Henry the animated lizard is as impressed as your kids should be by this "yucky, but amazing" mama fish. Henry and the narrator focus on mothers and children--the typical animal family--but some time is given to mute swans, one of nature's few nuclear families. While Father Swan is unusually nurturing--taking his turn sitting on the nest, for instance--he also gets to let out a little aggression by harassing other swans at the feeding grounds when they get too close to his babies. Whether it's swans looking for a fight, ibex daycare, or quadruplet armadillos, this video, like the rest of the series, has the right balance of great footage, good information, and kid-size humor. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS]

Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS]by DK

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VHS Movie Reviews of Amazing Animals: Animal Families [VHS]

Movie Review: Animal FamiliesSummary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: Not good. Definitely not good.Summary: 1 Stars

Movie Review: Could be a lot better...Summary: 3 Stars