2021 · documentary · monster
Puff: Wonders of the Reef
Directed by Nick Robinson59m2021
A baby pufferfish travels through a wondrous microworld full of fantastical creatures as he searches for a home on the Great Barrier Reef.
Our read: Puff: Wonders of the Reef (2021) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded documentary · monster entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle documentary / monster, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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