Le clan des rois

Suki (Kate Winslet), her brother Linus, their mother Macheeba, and their cousin Fleck are lions in a pride ruled by Eddie and James. When two wanderers Dark and Harry attack, the lionesses are forced to help. Dark and Harry are driven away but Fleck's mother is killed. Macheeba decides to adopt Fleck.

This is an anthropomorphized nature TV doc. BBC needs to get out of this Disney territory. It could still work if the cubs stay being cubs. Baby animals having adventures is often good family fare. Once they grow up, the charm of innocence is gone. Suki turning pacifist is just silly. The conflict fits more with Shakespeare than nature. Everything is manufactured and the talking mouths are also a little weird.

I remember this first coming on the television when I was 8 years old and it being one of my absolute favourites. My grandad who loves anything to do with animals also enjoyed it just as much, if not more than I did! His favourite part being the bit with the ear joke. "Ear today gone tomorrow what?!" Whenever I hear that line, I just get an image of him laughing in my head, so this film also triggers happy memories for me!

A lot of films where animals have a human talking as them don't always work but this does, the script brings personality to the characters and is believable.

Another thing is that I don't think this film can only be enjoyed by the young, it can be enjoyed by the young and the young at heart older people. I'm now 23 and I watched it again today and absolutely loved it, again.

Please watch this with your children. A decent(ish) version of it can be found on putlockers website.

Not since "Born Free" has a movie given such breadth, such tension and hope.

We are privileged to following the breathless perils of Suki and Linus, a precocious pair of lion cubs as they continually get in trouble with every conceivable danger surrounding them- they encounter enough adventures to fuel a series!

As Suki grows, children learn to understand the process of their own development and the courage and curse of their own individuality.

Seamless digital compositing provides a fascinating portrayal that is fun and engaging for adults, and yet compelling and educational for children.

Boasting the vocal talents of Britain's finest personalities coupled with the majestic sweep of the African savanna, "Pride" will easily become a classic that parents will want to use to introduce their children to the beauty and drama of the wilder side of nature.

Well I can't deny I like the big cats. That's one of the things that attracted me in this movie. The talking animals aren't annoying in the way of "Damn that is so fake". It looks somewhat natural in someway, it is very well computer edited. Still there are some flaws in the way they move and some scenes that did look pretty fake. Still it isn't annoying. It's a pretty good story and it's pretty realistic in the way how lions live in the real world. The biggest ledge for most people will be the talking lions part. If you accept that and accept the minor flaws: you will probably like this story.

It's family compatible so round up your kids and have good time.

This is a really good film. It has a cast of Kate Winslet as Suki (one of the cubs) Rupert Graves as Linus (another cub), Martin Freeman as Fleck (the last cub, who's handsome but annoying), Helen Mirren as Macheeba (Linus'es and Suki's mum) plus more!

This film's setting is really beautiful and the real lions - were they tame or not tame? I expect they were made tame for the picture, or else they were just machinery, which I don't think is true.

This film has a good plot and storyline. It has the first half of the film as Linus, Suki and Fleck cubs and the second half of them as grown-ups.

The jokes are absolutely TOP. My favourite joke (Don't worry, no spoilers) is when Macheeba goes "We're like the stars." Linus says, "What we come out at night?" "We're pretty but don't do anything?" asks Suki. "No," goes Fleck. "Everyone points at us."

So watch this lovely film!! Enjoy! :) ;) :()

P.S Everyone who doesn't like this film must have been very grumpy when they watched it and I think they should watch it again.