Le royaume des singes

Les auteurs délaissent les explications scientifiques pointues au profit d'une narration enjouée, parfois simpliste cependant, livrée avec aplomb par Tina Fey.

Certains épisodes, comme la confrontation avec un varan du Bengale, cousin du dragon de Komodo, ou l’envol des termites réussissent à capter l’attention du spectateur qui en aura vu d’autres.

Linfield and Fothergill offer footage that can be jaw-dropping in its detail and intimacy; the time-lapse photography of the changing landscape is phenomenal, and one sequence where the jungle comes alive with thousands of winged termites in flight is among the most distinctive the series has captured.

Perhaps the most amusing touch of all comes at the very end, when the filmmakers offer thanks to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Combined with Fey’s slightly sarcastic (and consistently funny) commentary throughout, the film’s refusal to simply rely on animal adorableness makes it feel like a marginally more mature outing from Disneynature.