Synopsis
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
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Cast
- Craig FosterSelf
- Tom FosterSelf
Recommendations
- 100
Movie Nation
Gorgeous and almost shockingly moving. - 90
ABC News
You’ll laugh and cry your eyes out as an emotionally bruised diver learns about life and loyalty from an eight-tentacled mollusk. This Oscar favorite and viral sensation is the year’s most unorthodox and unforgettable love story. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
My Octopus Teacher is not the first documentary to plunge us into the otherworldly flora and fauna of Earth's oceans . . . But it is the first to chronicle a single sea creature's story from such a personal, openhearted perspective, revealing not just emotional connections but animal behaviors previously unknown to scientists. - 75
LarsenOnFilm
You’re guaranteed to come away with new respect for the octopus as a species and astonishment at the intimate connection Foster experiences. - 70
Variety
My Octopus Teacher never loses our goodwill: If we wind up wishing it had a little less man and a little more beast, that only serves its cause.
