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The Journey Home

Original title: Midnight Sun
  • 2014
  • PG
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Bridget Moynahan, Goran Visnjic, and Dakota Goyo in The Journey Home (2014)
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A young boy attempts to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in northern Canada.A young boy attempts to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in northern Canada.A young boy attempts to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in northern Canada.

  • Directors
    • Roger Spottiswoode
    • Brando Quilici
  • Writers
    • Bart Gavigan
    • Hugh Hudson
    • Winston McDonald
  • Stars
    • Dakota Goyo
    • Goran Visnjic
    • Bridget Moynahan
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    1K
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    • Directors
      • Roger Spottiswoode
      • Brando Quilici
    • Writers
      • Bart Gavigan
      • Hugh Hudson
      • Winston McDonald
    • Stars
      • Dakota Goyo
      • Goran Visnjic
      • Bridget Moynahan
    • 4User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Dakota Goyo
    Dakota Goyo
    • Luke Mercier
    Goran Visnjic
    Goran Visnjic
    • Muktuk
    Bridget Moynahan
    Bridget Moynahan
    • Madison Mercier, Luke's Mom
    Duane Murray
    Duane Murray
    • Jake Murdoch
    Peter MacNeill
    Peter MacNeill
    • Albert Speck
    Kendra Leigh Timmins
    Kendra Leigh Timmins
    • Abbie Mercier
    Linda Kash
    Linda Kash
    • Aunt Rita
    Brendan Hennessey
    • Simon
    Michelle Thrush
    Michelle Thrush
    • Eta
    Imajyn Cardinal
    • Nuvua
    Jacqueline Loewen
    • Eugenia
    Russell Yuen
    Russell Yuen
    • Asian Doctor
    Chris Sigurdson
    • Texan hunter
    • (as Cristopher Sigurdson)
    James Durham
    • Denny
    Aidan Batzel
    • First Inuit Boy
    Carlos Swampy
    • Second Inuit Boy
    Racine Bebamikawe
    Racine Bebamikawe
    • Margaret
    Gabriel Daniels
    Gabriel Daniels
    • Inuit guide
    • Directors
      • Roger Spottiswoode
      • Brando Quilici
    • Writers
      • Bart Gavigan
      • Hugh Hudson
      • Winston McDonald
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    • Quotes

      Luke: If you can keep your head, when all around loses theirs, and blames it on you. If you can trust yourself when all other men doubt you, but you make allowance for their doubting too. "My dad taught me this": If you can fill every unforgiving minuet, with 60 seconds full distance run. Yours is the earth, and everything in it. And which is more, you'll be a man, my son.

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    User reviews4

    Featured review
    5/10

    plot errors

    truth "stings" - I disagree that: "its really rare we have these kinds of movies that make us aware we are not the only ones existing on this planet" - as I am fortunate enough to have many movies in my collection that do just as you suggest. I think that the "cuteness" factor appeals to a younger audience - but unfortunately presents and facilitates an unfortunate irresponsible urban perspective - that is by familiarizing a polar bear cubs to humans often leads to the same bear being shot later as a sub-adult - in real life. I could go on with other examples of mistakes in the plot too - but I think that is what griz-259-175100 was trying to accomplish. The plot could have been handled better and improved by having it reviewed first by northern and aboriginal people - which "God" also created (as you say) and similarly deserve the same respect and attention as this bear cub. Inuit have learned how to be compassionate since they have had to help each other over thousands of years or they would have perished in that landscape. I consider excluding aboriginal input into the making and plot of this movie a colonial relic that is no longer acceptable.
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    • Feb 4, 2017
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    • Release date
      • November 13, 2014 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • Italy
      • United Arab Emirates
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook [ITA]
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Midnight Sun: Una aventura polar
    • Filming locations
      • Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Corus Entertainment
      • Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo
      • Hyde Park Entertainment
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      • CA$18,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,016,126
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
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