NOVA - Life's Greatest Miracle

Overall I would say this is worth the purchase. With a baby on the way it was fun to watch with my partner. I actually learned a lot. I always thought the fastest sperm was the winner and that it was the sperm that was the hero in the end, penetrating the egg. Actually, the fallopian tubes and egg have a lot of control about who gets through! Really fascinating with great images. The last 10 mins or so are disappointing however, as they basically just go through the entire movie you just watched and to a recap of images and no new information. I would much rather have them end the movie sooner or add something more compelling at the end. If you want to learn about reproduction or to teach a youngster about it, this movie is great, even with the slightly disappointing ending.As other reviewers have noted, this is the updated version from the one a few decades ago.

This is one of the best videos out there for accurate information about reproduction and pregnancy, the videography is beautiful and really shows how each of our lives is a miracle.

Fantastic video for education!

Its a bit out of date in regard to the styling of the people in the movie HOWEVER the content is still very relevant. Great if you don't quite have enough time to watch the National Geographic "In the Womb Collection." I bought and have kept both.

My wife and I bought this video hoping to give our girls a meaningful way of explaining the "birds and bees", but this video just confused them more. It discussed the process on such a cellular level, but basic fundamentals were completely lost. My girls were more confused and had all these biological images floating in their heads and still not clear where babies came from. I had to supplement their questions with basic charts that I found online. With these videos, we realized the primary focus is biology, but we also felt it was important to supplement the emotional and committal issues of human sexuality, which it had a little of in the example of a married couple.This may be a good video for a students who already know the basics, but it really doesn't give a good big picture.

When teaching human reproduction to my class of 12 year old students, I use this video as our "case study". It is detailed, well suited to grade 7 students, and extremely valuable to the curriculum or to home-schooled students. The only caution I will give is the child birth section in the last 4 minutes. Warn the students it is coming and let them hide their eyes if they feel squeamish. Get it!

I showed this to my class and in some parts the students seemed a bit bored, but overall I thought it was very informative. For the most part they did like it and most answered the questions that I made up to go along with it.

This video is unbelievable. It's amazing how they were able to get real time pictures of microscopic specimens inside the human body. I showed it to my students in anatomy class and they learned so much about reproductive system from watching the video.I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about the creation of life from the beginning.

Sadly I could not view this DVD here in the UK as it in only formated for viewing in the USA.Had I known I would not have purchased the product.