The Fox and the Child

The result is Nature seen through the eyes of a solitary and fanciful child with Jacquet intensifying the theatricality of it all by playing around with scale, amplifying every sound and raising the wildlife count.

The Fox and the Child is more than a wildlife documentary. It invites us to contemplate alternative worlds of sensation and experience, to enter the consciousness of other species, to explore our contacts with them.

It's very beautiful, but it's so contrived.

The photography is stunning, and the essential sweetness of the story should ensure that younger audiences at least are riveted.