StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

GUENOT PHILIPPE Or Daktari meets a kind of Bill Dieterle's ELEPHANT WALK with lions and tigers instead of our pachyderm friends as the heavies of the film. Or, if you prefer, a sort of home invasion film with wild beasts instead of humans. You could decline the elements of this scheme for hours with all kinds of beasts. This most dangerous movie ever shot is far from being a masterpiece, but it remains worth watching. Poor Melanie Griffith who already had to deal with BIRDS nearly twenty years earlier, now she has to face wild animals !!!!

sarine voltage Wow. This is by far one of the coolest--if not the coolest--flicks I have ever seen (and I've seen it 3 times so far); definitely one-of-a-kind, there are no others in its class to even liken it to.If labels are to be given, I believe "adventure" would be the most appropriate classification. I don't know who put "horror" up there in the listing, I'd sooner list it under "family" than "horror"; they may have been confused by some reports of what transpired during the filming of this movie, but those reports should not be confused with what happens in the movie itself.Set in the wild jungles of Africa, the left-of-center storyline is original and most unique (strokes to Noel Marshall for that). The filming is nothing short of awesome, the shots of merely the scenery are spectacular, and capturing on film the animals in action (including the humans) makes for some seriously breathtaking visuals. Tippi, Melanie, John, Jerry, you totally rock--thank you and thanks to everyone involved in the making of "Roar" for enduring and seeing it through to the end so we can all now enjoy it.I highly recommend seeing "Roar" at least one time; if you're a lover of the feline, perhaps 9 times would do. Me-ow.

thesar-2 Wow. I never knew pussy could be both scary and inviting at the same time. What a whack movie. I'm writing this before I do any (further) research on it so that it's my genuine opinion. But, from what I barely heard or remember or WHAT THE POSTER BLATANTLY SAYS, many people got hurt in the making of this film. Not that I want that to happen, it sounds like the making of this movie would be far more interesting. In fact, bring on the feature-length doc and I will buy advance tickets!The movie sincerely starts off scary. And I am not kidding. Sure there's some bad acting, terrible ADR and the distracting character name of Melanie played by Melanie Griffith, but the idea of pitting humans amongst MANY ferocious carnivores, I kept expecting the worst to happen. But then, that was all in the first third. Then the real "movie," began and it was terribly hard to determine if this was intentionally funny or the number one most unintentional comedy of all time. Personally, I love movies that are unintentionally hilarious like Birdemic: Shock and Terror, The Room and Twilight. But, this one had me puzzled since it seemed dead serious and suspenseful at times, but then had corky (corny?) music and so many Benny Hill chase scenes.Basically, most of a family tries to reunite with the father in Africa who had befriended many large and diverse cats. While he's goofily trying to get to his family, they spend a good chunk of the film running away from the cats in the dad's house made of cardboard that contains probably around 600 rooms. Again, what started off scary turns goofy and absurdly incoherent and then, sorry, spoiler, ends with the most "Can't We All Get Along" song and message. Once I finish writing this, I can't wait to learn more about the background to this movie. As I restate the movie poster's fantastic tagline: "No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 cast and crew members were." I am yearning to hear more about the behind-the-scream issues. For one thing, I could not believe that the animals wouldn't turn on or even accidentally hurt, seriously maim or kill someone. There were just too many of them who all stayed in one small area, hardly hunted at all…and they had to be hungry. But, that, again, is background information. This review is based on the movie I saw. And it's terrible, sadly, because it could've been more suspenseful and thrilling had they kept to one tone and had a much lower number of the unbelievably "playful" lions, tigers and elephants. Oh, myyy.***Final thoughts: That all said, I do love me some When Animals Attack movies. Mostly the realistic animal ones such as sharks, ants, spiders, birds, piranha and even these cats. When they're all genetically mutated or, ah-hem, ROAR like the shark in Jaws: The Revenge, it's just silly and I'm less frightened since it couldn't happen. But, like I said, When Animals Attack and they're normal sized beasts… I'm having a blast by being scared. For the most part, anyways…Sorry, cast and crew of Roar. You got hurt for such a failed product.

Red-Barracuda You know what? Sometimes words really aren't enough to do justice to something.Roar has to be without a doubt the most insanely unsafe cinematic undertaking I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The unbelievably high level of danger is quite frankly there for everyone to see up on the screen as we watch a group of actors interact with over one hundred big cats with no protection whatsoever! It was inspired by the success of the lion drama Born Free (1966). And you might make the observation that there is fifteen years between these two movies and think this strange, well that's because this flick took eleven years from start to finish! Its production met with all manner of set-backs such as fire, flood and disease; each of which put the film's schedule back. But more to the point, it was as dangerous to work on as it looks on screen. The opening credits state that no animals were hurt in the making of the film, what they could not say with as much confidence was that there were no humans hurt! As it was, seventy cast and crew were injured, including cinematographer Jan de Bont who was partially scalped, Tippi Hedren had her neck bitten, Melanie Griffiths almost lost an eye, Jerry and John Marshall both required extensive stitches, while Noel Marshall was attacked so often it took years for him to recover from his injuries. When you watch Noel in action in this film it is not exactly hard to see why! In fact some of the injuries can be seen happening on screen. It is madness, pure and utter madness.But because of this, it makes for highly entertaining and bizarre viewing. Unfortunately, the public back in 1981 didn't seem to agree and Roar was a box office disaster. To be honest, this is not entirely surprising as this feels far more like a cult movie than blockbuster material, given its utter strangeness. For a start it doesn't really have a plot and it boils down to a few events that bring our human cast into contact with the big cats. The story barely makes sense if you think about it very long. But who needs a story when you've got this insanity on screen? The madness and health and safety black hole that the events on screen represent mean that a story needs be no more than an afterthought. For what it's worth, Noel Marshall - wrote, starred, directed and financed it and his wife Tippi Hedren, who was a wildlife activist who campaigned for the protection of big cats, was the big name draw. Hedren, of course, was previously most well-known for her starring role in The Birds (1963) where she was famously mauled and scratched by an assortment of flying fiends. Well, all I can say is that what she experiences on Roar makes the actions of the birds in Alfred Hitchcock's classic seem positively reticent by comparison.The actors are all splendidly game and deserve huge amounts of credit for their nerve but the real stars of Roar are the big cats and rampaging elephants. This is the ultimate wet dream for any lover of the big cats in particular and we have the very strange scenario of seeing lions, cheetahs, panthers, leopards and tigers interacting with each other. Watching them violently wrestle is a pretty nerve shredding thing, except if you are Noel Marshall that is, he usually runs in to join them! But on the whole, while there are a few continuity errors and the editing is full-on and sporadic, this is exciting stuff that could never in a million years be described as boring. It truly defines the term 'one of a kind'. With health and safety legislation what it is now, there is no way in hell there will ever be another film like Roar. It's truly unique and I sure lapped it up.