alas, the aim of your tossed crap is true...although, i like animal documentaries so much i was willing to excuse the script for the most part.
seriuously,the film is so fascinating visually that i would still recommend it, ESPECIALLY if you have kids. although, yeah, some of the little bastards die- so get ready to have to give the old "yes honey, all god's creatures will die some day" speech to your kids.
but i felt embarrassed and patronized by the script.
i heard grizzly is good, but that the guy is such a psycho, you're practically rooting for him to get eaten (read that in a review ). maybe that's why the reviews have been so good?
if you like these type of movies, "the wild parrots of telegraph hill" was awesome, although you have to be tolerant of stereotypical aging hippies.