Movie Review – Otter 501

Last week, I received a screener copy of the film Otter 501. The film was produced by Sea Studios Foundation, and follows the story of a baby sea otter and the young woman who found her. While staying in Monterey Bay, aspiring marine biologist Kate comes across a baby sea otter that has been washed up on shore. After the otter is rescued, Kate become curious about what will happen to it and eventually visits SORAC, the Sea Otter Research and Conservation center at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. From there, she becomes involved with the sea otter program and watches on as the baby sea otter she found, now called Otter 501, learns what she needs to in order to survive out in the wild.

The story is very good, and there is a plethora of interesting information about the conservation efforts for sea otters. I had no idea that they are as endangered as they are. At one point, there were only 50 left. Thankfully, their numbers have since risen, but there are still only around 2,500 or so. It was also great to see the Otter 501 was able to safely transition back into the wild. I really found a lot of the photography to be breathtaking, and some of the footage they got of wild otters is truly amazing.

All of the footage of Otter 501 was filmed during the 7 months she was at SORAC. Kate Pofhal worked at Montery Bay Aquarium before answering a casting call for the film. She now works full time for Sea Studios, working on promoting Otter 501 and other conservation issues.

Overall, this is a wonderful film that the whole family can enjoy. The fun time is 84 minutes and the file is not rated. The movie will be opening in West Coast theaters on May 11. To find locations and show times, you can visit their Facebook page. You can get more details about the film at the Otter 501 website. You can follow the film on the following social network sites: Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, Twitter & Pintrest.

I received an early copy of the movie (and a bag of popcorn!) from Sea Studios to facilitate my review.

Last updated by Angela Rogers on August 16, 2013.

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Katie Otter 501 Movie says

May 7, 2012 at 9:24 PM

Thanks for sharing, Angela! You’ve got a great site. You can find out what theaters you can see it at here: http://www.facebook.com/otter501/events. We’ll continue to add more as we go and we’ve added a few East Coast openings, too!

Cheers
Katie

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