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Microcosmos

Microcosmos

1996 · Movie · 1h 20m · G

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Synopsis

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.

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SourceRatingWeight
IMDb7.9/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes97%21%
Metacritic87/10021%
TMDB7.6/10270 votes16%
Balasaur Score84100%

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