Eight Below (2006)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 146
Fresh: 105 | Rotten: 41
Featuring a stellar cast of marooned mutts, who deftly display emotion, tenderness, loyalty and resolve, Eight Below is a heartwarming and exhilarating adventure film.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 15
Featuring a stellar cast of marooned mutts, who deftly display emotion, tenderness, loyalty and resolve, Eight Below is a heartwarming and exhilarating adventure film.
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Eight brave sled dogs search for the master who is looking for a way to rescue them in this adventure drama. An American geologist (Bruce Greenwood) flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base, where he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard (Paul Walker) and his best friend, Cooper (Jason Biggs). The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends -- a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years, who have rescued him from a
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Cast
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Paul Walker
Jerry Shepard -
Bruce Greenwood
Davis McClaren -
Moon Bloodgood
Katie -
Jason Biggs
Charlie Cooper -
Gerard Plunkett
Dr. Andy Harrison -
August Schellenberg
Mindo -
Wendy Crewson
Eve McClaren -
Belinda Metz
Rosemary -
Duncan Fraser
Captain Lovett -
Lightning
Shorty -
Richard Sali
Frank -
Michael David Simms
Armin Butler -
Dan Ziskie
Navy Commander -
Chase Rucker Productions
Dewey -
Dino
Truman -
Garry Chalk
Boat Captain -
Malcolm Stewart
Charles Buffett -
Brendan Campbell
Waitress -
Laara Sadiq
Bureaucrat #3 -
Apache
Old Jack -
Adrian Noble
Shadow -
Carl Jasper
Shorty -
Damon Johnson
Jamison -
Babi Floyd
Dewey -
Jasmine
Old Jack -
Daniel Bacon
Bureaucrat #2 -
A. James Ryan
Shorty -
Dexter Bell
Worker #1 -
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Michael D. Adamthwaite
Wharf Boat Captain -
Buck 65
Shadow -
DJ Abdel
Max -
Alexios A. Panou
Howard -
Koda Bear
Maya -
Troika
Buck -
Flapjack
Buck -
Connor Christopher Levins
Eric McClaren -
Buddy Cain
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All Critics (146) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (107) | Rotten (44) | DVD (18)
Live-action animal adventures have always been a Disney specialty, and this one has a pretty compelling plot.
Top CriticIt's heartwarming, occasionally exciting, and some of the cinematography is exemplary.
It's too clichéd, it's too rote, and honestly I think you have to care a little bit more about the individual dogs to believe that these people would care so much.
The plot's slavish schmaltz proves as oppressive as the harsh winter that descends upon the dogs.
... the canine cuteness, breathtaking action and acts of bravery are worth braving the Disney elements -- overpowering, poignant music, an unnecessary romantic subplot -- if you like your movies doggy-style.
Providing you park your reason outside and let these amazing dogs do the work, which they appear delighted to do, Eight Below is an engaging enough way to spend an hour or two with the kids.
The Alaskan Huskies of Eight Below are both better-looking and better performers than their human counterparts, and their vigilant scenes of solo survival on an Antarctic outpost make for the highlight of this otherwise predictable rescue mission.
Kids will be enraptured (and a tad frightened) and all but the stoniest-hearted adults will join them for a bit of a cry.
At first sight a fun but slightly sappy man-and-his-dogs story, Eight Below quickly evolves into a well-crafted wilderness adventure reminiscent of Disney's heyday.
It's heartbreaking, it's exciting, it's engrossing, it's a home run for Disney, and it's finally a good performance for Paul Walker.
It's the canine players who carry the movie and will capture the hearts of viewers young and old.
The film is padded out to a full two hours, which may not be quite as long as the dogs have to wait for their rescue, but it does feel like it.
The human interaction is just a little too precious and the digression away from the dogs and the main story is just too long for it to feel like anything but a major detour.
a doggie treat for the whole family.
A feel-good movie that gets a lot of things wrong
When the dogs are on-camera or when we're watching dramatic scenery of the rugged Greenland and British Columbia snowy terrain, this Frank Marshall film is pretty captivating.
The dogs finish first, the snow second, and the actors third.
The film looks handsome, the photography is grand, and the dogs do their part admirably. Now, if it weren't for those pesky humans....
The movie is a perfectly decent work of fiction and an enjoyable family adventure.
There are times when resisting the Disney line just isn't worth the effort.
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Foreign Titles
- Antartica, prisonniers du froid (FR)
- Bajo cero (ES)
