Overview
- Disneynature’s Orangutan, which began streaming Wednesday on Disney+, marks the label’s Earth Day release.
- The film follows Indah, a 9-year-old orangutan taking her first steps toward independence, with Josh Gad narrating and a focus on the species’ unusually long childhood.
- Producers say crews spent nearly 650 days in Borneo and Sumatra, capturing about 700 hours edited into an 80-minute cut with support from 230 local experts.
- The Disney Conservation Fund is backing Wildlife Asia and the Leuser Conservation Forum and helping rebuild the Ketambe Research Center tied to the release.
- Early reviews diverge, with LaughingPlace praising the imagery and heart and FandomWire calling the film formulaic and too familiar.