
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight for survival.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight for survival.
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| About.comRebecca MurrayDon't let the ads or the poster fool you, this isn't Snow Dogs (thank goodness) and you'd be wrong to dismiss this as just another Disney dog movie. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesA thrilling, old-fashioned animal adventure that ranks with the best of such classic Disney films. Animal lovers everywhere will absolutely adore this movie. |
| San Jose Mercury NewsBruce NewmanFollowing the success of last year's March of the Penguins, and now Eight Below -- an equally triumphal processional of dogs across the bottom of the world -- Cinema Antarctica is suddenly sizzling hot! |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...a thrilling, sometimes excruciating adventure and a real testament to the spirit and intelligence of the working animals at its core. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovSteadfastly resists attempts to pigeonhole it into being merely one of the execrable Disney live action canon. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseMarshall sort of gets away with murder by walking the line of pitiless Antarctic cold and family-film warmth. |
| Las Vegas Review-JournalCarol ClingQ: How can a movie set in icy Antarctica be all warm and fuzzy? A: When it's a heart-warming survival adventure that manages to transcend its cutesy-poo Disney pedigree. |
| tonymedley.comTony MedleyDisney can make a real live animal appear as if it is thinking and reasoning like a human being, and can somehow get us to believe that its facial expressions are indicative of what it's thinking. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.It's heartbreaking, it's exciting, it's engrossing, it's a home run for Disney, and it's finally a good performance for Paul Walker. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxEight magnificent sled dogs must fend for themselves amid Antarctica's frozen wastes in this top-notch survival adventure that will reduce the coldest heart to a puddle of warm slush. |