Original sentence: Both critics praised the film's cinematography and for maintaining the in-depth coverage of the meerkats that the television series is known for.Common Sense Media reviewer Emily Ashby felt the film was accessible to both newcomers to the series and current fans, calling it a "captivating journey into the wild that will transport you from your living room to the desert to laugh, cry, and struggle alongside these irrepressible foot-tall desert dwellers.Entertainment Insiders' Frank Cifaldi thought that Goldberg did an excellent job with the film narration, but felt the script itself was written more for kids than for the many adult viewers of the series, resulting in lines that were too "simplistic and juvenile".Variety magazine's Ronnie Scheib did not think that Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins offered anything new for watchers of the television series, feeling that it was a "re-edited, re-scored, re-narrated" version of the existing series
Edited sentence: Both critics praised the film's cinematography, and for its maintaining the in-depth coverage of the meerkats that the television series is known for.Common Sense Media reviewer Emily Ashby felt the film was accessible to newcomers to the series and fans, calling it a "captivating journey into the wild that will transport you from your living room to the desert to laugh, cry, and struggle alongside these irrepressible foot-tall desert dwellers.Entertainment Insiders' Frank Cifaldi thought that Goldberg did an excellent job with the film narration, but felt the script was written more for children than for the many adult viewers of the series, resulting in lines that were too "simplistic and juvenile".Varietys Ronnie Scheib did not think that Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins offered anything new for watchers of the television series, feeling that it was a "re-edited, re-scored, re-narrated" version of the existing series