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Skating to New York

2013 · 93 min

A quiet, earnest adventure that makes you feel the cold and the bond between friends as they push toward a distant goal.

Tagline
Sometimes the greatest adventure is right outside your front door.
Overview
The coming-of-age journey of 5 teenage boys who leave their small, Canadian town behind and risk skating across Lake Ontario to New York on the coldest day of the year.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • survival
  • isolation
  • ambition
Places
  • small town
  • wilderness
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Charles Minsky
Written by
Monte Merrick
Starring
Connor Jessup, Wesley Morgan, Gage Munroe, Matthew Knight, Dylan Everett, Michelle Nolden, Jason Gedrick, Niamh Wilson
Cinematography
François Dagenais
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America, Canada
Languages
English

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