Synopsis
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission.
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Cast
- Paul WalkerJerry Shepard
- Bruce GreenwoodDavis McClaren
- Moon BloodgoodKatie
- Jason BiggsCharlie Cooper
- Gerard PlunkettDr. Andy Harrison
- Wendy CrewsonEve McClaren
- Duncan FraserCaptain Lovett
- Dexter BellWorker #1
- August SchellenbergMindo
- Belinda MetzDr. Rosemary Paris
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
There's something invigorating about this unpretentious dog tale. And if a penguin drops by to promote his own movie product, well, there's room on the frozen continent for all. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Disney may have written the book on live-action animal adventure stories, but it has been quite a while since there has been a chapter as terrific as Eight Below. - 80
Washington Post
Although the dogs have surely been Disney-fied to some extent, the sequences of them trying to survive are magnificent and deeply moving. Bring the Kleenex, and hug your pups when you get home. - 78
Austin Chronicle
With Eight Below, Marshall has created a family film that doesn't pander, preach, or poop out. That alone is a rare thing. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Remarkable, how in a film where we KNOW with an absolute certainty that all or most of the dogs must survive, Eight Below succeeds as an effective story. It works by focusing on the dogs. - 70
Variety
An easy watch, thanks to the splendors of frosty scenery and furry canines. - 70
Dallas Observer
Eight Below splits into two movies--the compelling tale of the dogs' struggle to pull together and survive and the much less interesting one about Jerry Shepard's emotional trauma and his search for redemption. - 67
The A.V. Club
Longtime Steven Spielberg collaborator Frank Marshall is smart enough to know his core audience of kiddies came to see the dogs, who take center stage in many of the film's best sequences, especially a jolting leopard-seal attack that's as terrifying as anything in "Jurassic Park."
