Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- gentle
- earnest
- educational
- family movie night
- educational viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film’s environmental message and underwater animation worthwhile for children but considered its storytelling derivative, rushed, and underpowered.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sammy’s fifty-year life spans a changing ocean and foregrounds global warming in an accessible family adventure.
Sammy travels around the world over five decades, making movement across underwater environments central to the plot.
Sammy’s life from hatching in 1959 through the following fifty years provides the scale for observing global warming.
The film is a 3d animated production centered on sea life and underwater environments.
Films like A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures, and why
Finding Nemo
shared underwater adventure, family animation, talking sea creatures, and environmental themes
The Reef
shared animated ocean journey, animal protagonists, friendship, and ecological education
Happy Feet
shared family-friendly animated adventure, global travel, and environmental messaging
Movie Details
- Director
- Ben Stassen
- Release Date
- 2010-08-04
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (703)
Cast
- Yuri Lowenthal
- Gemma Arterton
- Isabelle Fuhrman
- Melanie Griffith
- Tim Curry
- John Hurt
- Robert Sheehan
- Kathy Griffin
- Jenny McCarthy
- Gigi Perreau
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amebatv Amazon Channel, Dove Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures about?
- A curious sea turtle’s fifty-year voyage becomes a colorful family adventure about friendship, ocean life, and the effects of global warming.
- What is A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures.
- What did critics think of A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures?
- Critics generally found the film’s environmental message and underwater animation worthwhile for children but considered its storytelling derivative, rushed, and underpowered.
- Which films are like A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures?
- Films with a similar feel include Finding Nemo, The Reef, and Happy Feet.
- How long is A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures?
- A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures?
- In United States, A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amebatv Amazon Channel, Dove Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
