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Deeply reminiscent of other, better films, Aurora Borealis nonetheless succeeds on the strength of winning performances from Sutherland and Jackson.
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Seems designed to reward Jackson with his biggest adult part to date, though it doesn't give the Vancouver, B.C., native a lot to work with. Oct 6, 2006 | Rating: 2/4
Seems designed to reward Jackson with his biggest adult part to date, though it doesn't give the Vancouver, B.C., native a lot to work with.
John Hartl
Good Will Hunting but in the Midwest and minus the tortured math genius, psychological breakthroughs, and convincing local color. Oct 6, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Good Will Hunting but in the Midwest and minus the tortured math genius, psychological breakthroughs, and convincing local color.
Wesley Morris
Every bromide, plot twist and stock character arrives right on time and, to give director James Burke his due, function as well as they ever have. Sep 29, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Every bromide, plot twist and stock character arrives right on time and, to give director James Burke his due, function as well as they ever have.
Neva Chonin
A sensitive and touching story about a distressed family and the emotional glue that holds it together. Sep 28, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4
A sensitive and touching story about a distressed family and the emotional glue that holds it together.
Jeff Strickler
Most successful in capturing the emotional elements of its story, the film relies on its excellent cast to balance out sketchily drawn characters and the unfortunate obviousness of its plot. Sep 21, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Most successful in capturing the emotional elements of its story, the film relies on its excellent cast to balance out sketchily drawn characters and the unfortunate obviousness of its plot.
Kevin Crust
Juliette Lewis makes Aurora Borealis into a funnier, richer, more powerful film than it has any reason to be. Sep 20, 2006
Juliette Lewis makes Aurora Borealis into a funnier, richer, more powerful film than it has any reason to be.
Andrew O'Hehir
It's predictable and ultimately quite trivial, but Sutherland alone is almost worth the ticket price. Sep 1, 2007 | Full Review…
It's predictable and ultimately quite trivial, but Sutherland alone is almost worth the ticket price.
Peter Calder
What holds Aurora Borealis together is the complex and very realistic relationships between the characters. Jul 10, 2007 | Full Review…
What holds Aurora Borealis together is the complex and very realistic relationships between the characters.
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
What looks like a goopy, disease-of-the-week movie about Alzheimer's turns out to be a surprisingly well crafted, beautifully acted movie. May 10, 2007 | Full Review…
What looks like a goopy, disease-of-the-week movie about Alzheimer's turns out to be a surprisingly well crafted, beautifully acted movie.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
[A] tough, sweet and buoyantly funny drama about how we all grow up in different ways and on different timetables. Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…
[A] tough, sweet and buoyantly funny drama about how we all grow up in different ways and on different timetables.
Frank Lovece
The script offers neither character revelations nor plot twists. It unfolds by the numbers, like the product of an amateur screenwriter's salon. Oct 5, 2006 | Rating: C | Full Review…
The script offers neither character revelations nor plot twists. It unfolds by the numbers, like the product of an amateur screenwriter's salon.
Bill White
A fair-to-middling coming-of-age tale [is] played by a stellar cast in an unusual locale [but] never escapes seeming rather ordinary. Oct 2, 2006 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
A fair-to-middling coming-of-age tale [is] played by a stellar cast in an unusual locale [but] never escapes seeming rather ordinary.
Frank Swietek
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