StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com Ever wonder what it's like to travel through Alaska? If you're curious, now you can experience the magnitude of the scenery that is Alaska by watching this film. The movie Alaska, is a family adventure film that involves two children, Jesse and Sean Barnes on the hunt to find their lost father. How did he get lost? As a pilot, the kids' father, Jake Barnes (Dirk Benedict) flies straight into a storm and crash lands into a mountain where he struggles to survive as his children look to find him. It's amazing because even when the story is not revolving around the adventurous children, the scenery everywhere is so beautiful. This is one of the strong points of this film. Another key part to this movie is a polar bear cub that runs into the Barnes kids and ends up trying to help locate their dad. This bear cub always reminds me of the polar bears from those coke commercials. Besides of what I think it could belong to, he is very cuddly looking. I'm also curious to how director Fraser Heston was able to get this animal to cooperate. I'm sure it's not easy to tame a wild animal. This cub must have been pre-trained some how.To make things even more interesting, poachers are on the move as well. Yes, there are other things on the hunt than the Barnes kids. So what are these guys looking for? If you're thinking the polar bear cub, you're absolutely right! So there are two conflicts here, Jesse and Sean have to find their father AND protect the bear cub from the dangerous poachers. The plot thickens! Many times while watching this movie I was on the edge of my seat because there were many moments of tension. These kinds of situations are brought up when many of the characters are involved with heights. Because a lot of Alaska is made of mountains, many of the scenes in this movie include climbing up steep hills and sailing across cold running rivers. Some scenes can be really gripping due to the slightest movement a character makes on screen. It is that suspenseful.Alaska is a wholesome adventure for both young and old. It's tale of courage and persistence is what keeps the audience watching from the scenic backgrounds to the most intense moments of conflict.

enami_aido I lived in Alaska all my life. I find this a laugh. This is just another Hollywood rendition of Alaska for kids. For a Polar Bear to travel through the forest, to the mountains, near a river, and help a couple kids all throughout. A true laughter. However, I do make the comment that my dog certainly liked this movie, he watched the whole thing. A little Cessna crashing into the mountain tops? The pilot still manages to be alive after that...hearing word of this, the two inexperienced, poorly dressed kids go and save their father. Personally, I wish that this movie was never created at all. By all means, if you have little kids and want them to get wrong ideas about Alaska, then go ahead and let them watch this.

maginnisone This movie has great scenery of Alaska. Otherwise it is a waste of time. The two children, who have recently moved to Alaska from Chicago, somehow manage to survive a long journey through the dangerous terrain to rescue their father who has survived a plane crash. know they are going to make it despite their ignorance. The kids are obviously beginners at acting. Dirk Benedict, who plays their father, opens his eyes wide to show emotion. The best part of the movie is the baby polar bear. I noticed in the credits that many times they used mechanical bears. I never was able to detect when the bears were real or when they were fake. If you want to see Alaska, do a lot of fast forwarding through the action parts because you know the kids will survive.

gridoon The above line, which is actually spoken in "Alaska", should be enough for you to decide whether this is your type of film or (hopefully) not, but let me just add a few more details. They say that when a music score calls attention to itself it's either very good or very bad. The score of "Alaska" falls into the latter category: it's an insultingly overemphatic piece of work that is constantly telling you what you're supposed to be feeling (awe, danger, joy, mysticism). Apart from that, the story is dull, since you always know that everything will turn out all right in the end, and the bear cub is way too cute - its "assistance" in the climax is a real groaner. All this film has going for it are some dangerous and well-performed physical stunts. (**)