To the Arctic

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Movie Info

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

Rating:

G
Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Greg MacGillivray
Producer:

Shaun MacGillivray
Writer:

Stephen Judson
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 20, 2012 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 15, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA):

$14.6M
Runtime:

40m

Cast & Crew

Meryl Streep
Narrator

Greg MacGillivray
Director

Stephen Judson
Screenwriter

Shaun MacGillivray
Producer

Tom Campion
Executive Producer

Chat Reynders
Executive Producer

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Critics Consensus: The Lucky One Can’t Catch a Break

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Critic Reviews for To the Arctic

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (10)

[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.

January 9, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Roxana Hadadi
Punch Drunk Critics
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May 17, 2012 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Alison Willmore
Movieline
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.

May 15, 2012 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
Yes, it's a classy affair, but the 40-minute doc's at-times-nerve-wracking power comes from the subjects who put a furry face on the ongoing and daunting issue of climate change.

April 20, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4

Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
A children's choir sings and a graphic of the movie title explodes into ice shards to heighten the dramatic impact. Corny? You bet...

April 20, 2012 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail
Yes, there's some spectacular footage. But there's also an awful lot of filler for a 40-minute movie...

April 20, 2012 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Lou Lumenick
New York Post
Educational documentary explores life in the frozen wild.

May 22, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media
Makes a most compelling and persuasive argument for preserving the rapidly diminishing Arctic ice.

April 25, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

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

April 20, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Scott A. Mantz
Access Hollywood
The movie educates without shouting by showing a very large ecological problem through the activities of one small family.

April 20, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Liz Braun
Jam! Movies
It's a way of lighting the fuse of consciousness about looming environmental catastrophe, while offering a captivating film at the same time.

April 20, 2012 | Full Review…

Marshall Fine
Hollywood & Fine
Any trip to this area of the globe is worth the journey, but for all of the warning and dire passages of the story, there's no sustained sting of reaction, with much of the worry communicated here equaling white noise.

April 19, 2012 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

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To the Arctic Quotes

Meryl Streep, Narrator:

Nothing is stronger than the power of hope.

Meryl Streep, Narrator:

Of all the truly wild places left on earth none are as majestic as the Arctic.