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Borealis

Play trailer Poster for Borealis 2015,  1h 35m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 60% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 33% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 33% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Jonah, an unemployed gambler, takes his daughter Aurora on a road trip to see the Northern Lights before her vision disorder renders her blind.

Critics Reviews

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Marsha Lederman Globe and Mail Apr 8, 2016
2/4
The film is rife with tropes: the bonding road trip, the blindness that allows for true vision and a ruthless money-lender called "the Rabbi." Go to Full Review
Martin Knelman Toronto Star Apr 7, 2016
3.5/4
On the surface it seems like a chronicle about desperate people and troubled lives. Yet it's full of rich comic moments and euphoric revelations. Go to Full Review
Randall King Winnipeg Free Press Apr 14, 2016
3.5/5
Befitting a movie featuring a degenerate gambler, Sean Garrity's Borealis takes a few breathtaking risks. Fortunately, they pay off. Go to Full Review
Norman Wilner NOW Toronto Apr 6, 2016
3/5
The movie's greatest asset is its cast: Chernick and King are very well matched in the leads, and Pollak and Emily Hampshire deliver solid support. Go to Full Review
Ken Eisner Georgia Straight Feb 22, 2016
By and large, English-Canadian filmmakers need to hear one thing: if you don't have a budget, don't try so damn hard! Go to Full Review
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Albus M Nov 19, 2017 Good grief. What a terrible movie. Was it a high school kid's project? The weak gambling storyline should have been trashed altogether. Didn't make any sense to what should have been the main focus of the 15 year old girl who's going blind at such a dramatic speed. The writer should have gone back to the drawing board and this should have never been a film. Yikes! See more
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Cast & Crew

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Sean Garrity

Director

Joey King

Aurora

Emily Hampshire

Kyla

Kevin Pollak

Tubby

Greg Bryk

Hunter

Clé Bennett

Brick

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Borealis

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Movie Info

Synopsis Jonah, an unemployed gambler, takes his daughter Aurora on a road trip to see the Northern Lights before her vision disorder renders her blind.
Director
Sean Garrity
Producer
Jonas Chernick
Screenwriter
Jonas Chernick
Production Co
Buffalo Gal Pictures, Vigilante Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
root
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 35m
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