Synopsis
A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.
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Cast
- Meryl StreepNarrator (voice)
Recommendations
- 75
USA Today
Visually stunning and narratively stunted, this IMAX documentary is the family version of 2006's "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary on global warming. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Meryl Streep narrates a heartwarming documentary for an up close look at Arctic wildlife. - 63
Boston Globe
More storytelling and less preaching would have served those messages better. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray, a specialist in gigantic-screen nature movies including "The Living Sea," is up to date in his use of 70mm IMAX film, but he's stuck in the past about how to tell a story. - 50
Slant Magazine
Though the film is light on anthropomorphization, its aesthetic is nothing if not infantile. - 50
Variety
Alternates between intimate wildlife saga and majestic views of the North Pole, offering strong visual compensations for its meandering structure, syrupy tone and excessive sampling of Paul McCartney's back catalog. - 50
Wall Street Journal
To the Arctic 3-D is an impassioned plea for action on global warming, and the passion is intensified by the music. - 50
The New York Times
The threat of global warming to their habitat is spelled out simply in the narration, delivered by Meryl Streep. Otherwise, To the Arctic is a little dry.
