Connor Christopher Levins, Jason Biggs, Moon Bloodgood
In the extreme wilderness of Antarctica, three members of a scientific expedition -- Jerry Shepard, his best friend, Cooper and a rugged American geologist -- are forced to leave behind their team of ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2006
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February 15, 2009Went in a bit trepidatious, as I knew this was a true story and Disney. They weren't above breaking my heart by doing things to animals. (God, how sad is it that I don't hunt anymore, but wouldn't blink twice about shooting a person if I had to.)
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December 27, 2008your average family viewing. more of a dog lovers film than anything else. there was one very good scene where a fight ensues with a sea lion. unfortunately the only half decent actor involved was jason biggs of american pie fame. you can tell it's a disnep production
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August 31, 2008A Disney film all the family will enjoy. Especially fans of dogs, Huskies. The dogs are left behind in Antartica as a snow storm moves in. Will they be able to survive the harsh conditions, or be rescued in time?
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July 16, 2008Eight sled dogs try to survive the winter in Antartica after their expedition team is forced to leave them. Even though this movie was Disneyfied, it still brought tears to my eyes.
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May 17, 2008I was both pleased and disapointed in Eight Below. I was expecting this real tear jerker about the dogs struggles, and it was kind of slow and boring. Enjoyable! but just not what I expected.
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Critic Reviews
February 17, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
February 17, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The dogs deserve the star treatment, because whenever [Paul] Walker and the other two-footers take over it's as if Jack Nicholson has yielded the spotlight to, say, David Schwimmer. full review
February 17, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Basically, what we have here is a stranded-animal movie in which the stranded animals are forced to split screen time with a mopey human character and his annoying, redundant friends. full review
February 16, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
This is one of those lazy, lukewarm pictures that's even more disappointing than a purely bad one, and for one glaring reason: How could Marshall, his writers, and even his actors have let these dogs ... full review
February 16, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It's an engrossing film that reminds us of the nobility and grace of man's best friend, and of the fierce will to survive in the face of the harshest of odds. full review
February 16, 2006
Roger Ebert, 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. full review
February 15, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Only an extraordinarily hubristic film would declare itself "The Most Amazing Story of Survival, Friendship, and Adventure Ever Told." full review
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July 22, 2008my grandma's friends dogs were in it!!! and i know the dogs a little, they were also in snow dogs. they live up here in Anchor Point, Alaska
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August 6, 2007first time i watched dis movie i cried 5 times my fav is mia shadow shorty n max
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June 7, 2007Oh! I forgot to rate this wonderful movie! Did you grow up reading, Call of the Wild & White Fang (Jack London),Richard Kjelgaard books? WELL I DID& LOVED THIS MOVIE!!
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(2006 Director: Frank Marshall) Here is a must see fix FOR YOU!! Paul Walker is his best cute self in this film....on an Anarctica research adventure...a true nature film ..extreme of the extreme cold temperatures!It is what it is
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June 3, 2007i must sound a bit slow but wt the end theres only 6 dogs left what happened to the other two
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April 12, 2007i really love this movie! even though it is very sad to watch, the dogs are absolutely gorgous! it's very cute to see them! i'm a huge dog fanatic! :)
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March 24, 2007
i really love this film never seen anything like it it was really sad to watch but im hooked on this an i watch it all the time plus paul walker is a babe.
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March 12, 2007if you love animals and is a kid, i don't think this movie is the movie to be seen. my kids were very saddened to watch those dogs be left alone for over 5 months. i had to fast forward to the so called 'happy ending' which 2 dogs didn't make it out. horrible acting too.
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March 6, 2007This movie is very good... Cute actor lol..Awesome movie actually it's my favourite
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