Geese learn to fly south for the winter by following their parents. Without parents to teach them the way, they're in big trouble. One particular peeve of mine is how important the film found it to save a wetland in North Carolina which birds might use during the winter from being built upon by evil land developers. It sounds like a worthy cause, except that this particular wetland isn't used by migrating birds until humans deliberately introduce them to it. The unpleasant reality many extreme environmentalists fail to face is that people have to live somewhere.
Housing developments are necessary, plain and simple.
Lest I dwell too much on this comparatively minor point in the film, I'll leave it at that and point out that I didn't rate this film any lower simply because it takes an extreme stance that I do not. Fortunately, though the film makes a definite statement about nature in general, the heart of the film is the specific story of Paquin's character and the sixteen geese she raises. It survives Paquin's character's brattiness on the cuteness of the baby geese, then on the thrill of adventure when things really get going. The young and young at heart should get a kick out of this fun family film. Links Internet Movie Database .