Meet the Sloths (2013): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2013, Meet the Sloths is a drama and documentary series.

What it’s about. Meet The Sloths follows a year in the life of five slow-moving residents of the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, a sanctuary dedicated to saving orphaned or injured sloths. Filmmaker Lucy Cooke headed to the sanctuary to follow the stories of these loveable and unique creatures. And, apart from filming adorable videos – including one that’s got two million hits on YouTube – she has captured a unique insight into these very secretive animals. The stories demonstrate the difficulty in caring for sloths, and stories include: baby sloth twins fighting for survival, an injured and sexually frustrated ex-lothario sloth called, naturally, Randy and at the oldest living sloth in captivity that has lived to the ripe old age of 20-years-old. Over a year in their company Lucy watches as an unlikely soap opera of love, loss and lust develops and learns first hand that although slow on their feet, a sloths life is anything but slothful.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, Meet the Sloths sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In GB you can stream it on Discovery+ and rent or buy it from Apple TV Store and Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Meet the Sloths page.

If you liked it. Fans of Meet the Sloths tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.