Having watched various animal world related programs since early childhood, I am yet to see anything like My Octopus Teacher - where Craig Foster - the protagonist - spent from two decades of corporate life - finds his world blending into the life of a wild common octopus while free diving in a kelp forest off the coast of South Africa - its empathy and play, its extreme and unexpected level of intelligence, its brushes with deadly pyjama sharks and regeneration, and finally its procreation and fulfillment of purpose. There is probably no instance of a human coming so close to the animal world and capturing it so well. This Netflix original documentary completely draws in the viewer, and the latter never loses his empathy. One of the very best - very real and very sad
17.5/20
