Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

unitedstatesmarine WHAT A GREAT MOVIE! WELL DONE...MUST SEE! GREAT SOUND...VISUALS....ACTING

rayxt Award wins and nominations are the critics injoke punishing any gullible viewers who happen onto this low budget panorama of the jungle - canopy to floor. If you have ever been into the equatorial jungle once you will never, never ever forget the experience of prickly heat, rashes, bites, itches. Sweat. That's the easy part. Even the super fit quickly get so exhausted they go 'troppo' with the heat and humidity and wander away in a daze, off the track never to be seen again.In the Solomon Islands two American servicemen went missing in the jungle in WW2. Their bodies were found a week later - not more than 500 meters from their army base - of 500,000 men.THAT kind of jungle 'feeling' you can never experience on a cinema screen.The small budget is severely restrictive. Watching somebody stumbling through endless 'green' (unless you're a botanist) without a commentary by David Attenborough is crushingly boring. Interacting with the 'civilisation' he finds not on a distant par with the fabulous lunacy of Klaus Kinski in 'Fitzcarraldo' or Nick Nolte's inspired state of mind in 'Farewell to the King'Distribution is consigned to low budget TV and cable channels. Recording and fast forward is the only suggestion.

samkan The scenery and photography in CANOPY is breathtakingly gorgeous. I especially liked allowing the cameras to dwell on shots of; e.g., muddy streams, for thirty seconds or more. Such may not be for everyone but for me it created the intensity of our protagonist's fear, as he dwells on the the dangers before him, pausing to see if anything moves. Also done to excellent effect are the shots of the actors taken from great distances. These have the effect of showing how the teeming jungle plays with perspective as its impossible to guess whether you are looking from 50 feet away or 500 feet away until you see the actors themselves. Alas, more and/or better drama could have been achieved plot-wise while still avoiding Hollywood cliché. But CANOPY is indeed a treat for the eyes and I recommend a watch.

jasonbarnettnz I read the reviews and thought id give this movie the benefit of the doubt as they say. A lot of reviews appeared to be nothing more than advertisements dressed up as reviews and others were more balanced while many didn't like it. Sadly after watching and trying really hard to feel into the film and find something deeper in the mood and atmosphere I couldn't get into this and switched it off halfway through. PARTIAL SPOILER Basically all that happens in this film is.. long and drawn out shots of jungle canopy.. jungle foliage, occasional Japanese with guns.. gun shots every now and then.. scared looks on the actors faces.. that's about it really. What could have been a nice little short film, was for some reason made into a feature length film? It didn't work for me. For some this could be an interesting nature walk into jungle environments, but for someone who has been in such places its just like a walk in the jungle.. in fact my own experiences in such conditions felt more exciting and interesting, and there were no Japs to worry about, there is so many dangers that can happen in these conditions and the director has barely scratched the surface of what its like to be in such conditions. There's some lovely bush scenery, and well that's just not enough to make a movie sorry.