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To the Arctic

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To the Arctic

G

Released Apr 20, 2012

40m

Documentary

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With ice melting in their Arctic environment, a polar bear and her two cubs do what they can to adapt and survive.

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Roxana Hadadi

Punch Drunk Critics

[It's] certainly a serious issue, and one that deserves our undivided attention. It's weird, then, that To The Arctic 3D can't really focus on the topic at hand.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 9, 2017

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Alison Willmore

Movieline

Rated: 7/10

May 17, 2012

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

I didn't feel like I learned anything new, and for a documentary that sells itself on doing just that the letdown I felt sadly wasn't much of a surprise.

Rated: 2/4

May 15, 2012

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Educational documentary explores life in the frozen wild.

Rated: 4/5

May 22, 2012

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Makes a most compelling and persuasive argument for preserving the rapidly diminishing Arctic ice.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 25, 2012

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Scott A. Mantz

Access Hollywood

To The Arctic overcomes its otherwise simplistic storytelling arc to succeed as a touching, thought-provoking and awe-inspiring triumph.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 20, 2012

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I saw it in 3D, but it was boring... Sorry... IMAX camera quality is fantastic! Polar bears are cute! Meryl Streep's narration was nice! But still boring... Only 40 minutes, but I didn't enjoy it... Sorry...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

BEAUTIFUL Polar bears!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Very disappointing. Nothing more than a platform for the advocates of global warming.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

"Climate change propoganda"? Wow. Some people so resolutely refuse to pull their heads out of their deep, deep states of denial. 95% consensus of scientists worldwide believe the earth climate system is "unequivocally warming". It's a beautiful movie, and a shame that some refuse to see beyond their far right wing political blinders.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Even if you ignore the annoying Climate Change propraganda this is still a very weak documentary with little more than vague off at a distance footage of the animals and covers nothing you won't see in other much better nature documentaries like BBCs excellent Frozen Planet

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Love Bears. If you love Bears you will love this movie. 4 stars only because it is short in length and they could have used a better narrator such as Liam Neeson.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Greg MacGillivray

Director

Meryl Streep

Narrator

Stephen Judson

Screenwriter

Shaun Macgillivray

Producer

Tom Campion

Executive Producer

Chat Reynders

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Synopsis

With ice melting in their Arctic environment, a polar bear and her two cubs do what they can to adapt and survive.

Director: Greg MacGillivray
Producer: Shaun Macgillivray
Screenwriter: Stephen Judson
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 20, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 26, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.6M
Runtime: 40m

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