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Midnight Sun

2014 · 98 min

A gentle, scenic wilderness adventure that tugs at the heart with its earnest tale of a boy and a bear cub.

Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode, Brando Quilici
Genres
Family, Adventure
Starring
Dakota Goyo, Goran Višnjić, Bridget Moynahan
Tagline
The most amazing story of survival, friendship and adventure
Overview
In northern Canada, a young boy sets a goal for himself to to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother. Goran Visnjic joins the cast as Muktuk, a half Inuit and half Canadian, who knows the terrain where the polar bears live and who agrees to help the boy.

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Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode, Brando Quilici
Genres
Family, Adventure
Starring
Dakota Goyo, Goran Višnjić, Bridget Moynahan
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • nature
  • friendship
  • family
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Details

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family, adventure
Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode, Brando Quilici
Written by
Hugh Hudson, Bart Gavigan
Starring
Dakota Goyo, Goran Višnjić, Bridget Moynahan, Linda Kash, Kendra Leigh Timmins, Russell Yuen, Duane Murray, Matt Connors
Music
Lawrence Shragge
Cinematography
Peter Wunstorf
Runtime
98 min
Country
Italy, Canada
Languages
English

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