James Berardinelli, who called the film one of the ten best of 2005, said:
"Grizzly Man addresses some esoteric themes. Is there a line between man and nature? Did Treadwell see himself as more bear than man? Were the liberties he took by initiating such close contact with the bears 'disrespectful' (as one Native American puts it) to the natural boundaries between a predator and its potential prey? Certainly, Treadwell found a clarity in the wilderness with his beloved bears that he could not achieve in human society. And he died the way he wanted to (or, as one person states, 'he got what he deserved'); unfortunately, he took someone else with him. Grizzly Man is compelling material from start to finish."
Won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary/ Non-Fiction Film
Won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film
Won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary
Won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Won the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary
Won the Anugerah Seri Angkasa 2008 Angkasapuri.
Reviews:
James Berardinelli
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
BBC
