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Aurora Borealis
Directed by
James C.E. Burke
R
2005
1h 49m
Drama
,
Romance
6.7
68%
64%
6.4
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A troubled young man struggling to right himself after the premature death of his father.
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Cast of Aurora Borealis
Joshua Jackson
Duncan Shorter
Donald Sutherland
Ronald Shorter
Juliette Lewis
Kate
Louise Fletcher
Ruth Shorter
Steven Pasquale
Jacob Shorter
Katie Griffin
Sandy
Zack Ward
Lindstrom
Tyler Labine
Finn
Niamh Wilson
Isabelle
Mark Andrada
Clerk
James C.E. Burke
Director
Brent Boyd
Writer
Aurora Borealis Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Seems designed to reward Jackson with his biggest adult part to date, though it doesn't give the Vancouver, B.C., native a lot to work with.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Good Will Hunting but in the Midwest and minus the tortured math genius, psychological breakthroughs, and convincing local color.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
The script offers neither character revelations nor plot twists. It unfolds by the numbers, like the product of an amateur screenwriter's salon.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
A fair-to-middling coming-of-age tale [is] played by a stellar cast in an unusual locale [but] never escapes seeming rather ordinary.
San Francisco Chronicle
Neva Chonin
Every bromide, plot twist and stock character arrives right on time and, to give director James Burke his due, function as well as they ever have.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
Boyd's observant script (Minneapolis guy: 'St. What?' Kate: 'St. Paul. It's on the other side of the river.') and fine acting smooth over most of the rough edges.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
A sensitive and touching story about a distressed family and the emotional glue that holds it together.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
Predictable but not preachy, its likeable types quirky and familiar, 'Aurora Borealis' is a good if undemanding watch.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Most successful in capturing the emotional elements of its story, the film relies on its excellent cast to balance out sketchily drawn characters and the unfortunate obviousness of its plot.
L.A. Weekly
Scott Foundas
Aurora Borealis -- yes, that title eventually comes home to roost -- doesn't offend in any way, but it's so self-consciously quaint, so unwaveringly 'nice,' that you nearly wish it did.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Juliette Lewis makes Aurora Borealis into a funnier, richer, more powerful film than it has any reason to be.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
The real surprise here is Lewis, who seems to have finally hit on a role that balances her usual flakiness with smarts and an offbeat poignancy, and she delivers the strongest work of her adult career.
New York Times
Nathan Lee
Set in dead-of-winter Minneapolis, a ready-made metaphor for (groan, shiver) the chill in Duncan's heart, the movie tells how life warms up when he goes to work at a nursing home.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Director James Burke could easily have trimmed 30 minutes of suffering.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The latest Dawson's Creek alumnus to break out of his WB bonds, Joshua Jackson proves himself all grown up in this sweetly scrappy indie.
Variety
Robert Koehler
Alternately breezy and profound, pic hits enough emotional chords to connect with auds.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Likable if dramatically pat.
Boxoffice Magazine
Tim Cogshell
Aurora Borealis is certainly pithy, but pithy does not necessarily make for interesting.
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
The movie would be a quality guilty-gloopy pleasure if it weren't so deadly overlong.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Aurora Borealis bites Good Will Hunting and Donald Sutherland feels most of the sting.
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