Antarctica: Ice and Sky
Music Box Films | Release Date: January 20, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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6
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0
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80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 21, 2016
There is something interestingly non-argumentative and personal about this documentary. It is gentle and reflective, a paean to his own youth and idealism that have been preserved in the ice. Read full review
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Total FilmPaul BradshawJan 21, 2016
Taking Lorius’ own incredible expedition footage and giving it a whimsical bent and a voiceover, Jacquet shapes a powerful portrait of the world and its soothsayer. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMark DujsikJan 20, 2017
As a result of Lorius and his team discovering that they could accurately date every nuclear weapon test from radioactive material found in Antarctic ice, there was an international treaty banning such tests, with over 100 nations signing on to it. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWes GreeneJan 16, 2017
The documentary advances its cause through an intimately diaristic depiction of hard work done well. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJan 19, 2017
The movie is both heady (there are real thrills in the stories of exploration) and sobering (Mr. Lorius’s findings are convincing). This is a cogent, accessible cinematic delineation of an increasingly crucial problem. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijJan 21, 2016
In terms of its form, the film is rather classically assembled, combining a voice-over narration with archive material (some of it never previously seen) and spectacularly filmed and staged shots of the now 83-year-old Lorius as he witnesses the havoc caused by the climate change he saw coming some 30 years ago in various locales around the world. Read full review
60
TheWrapTricia OlszewskiJan 20, 2017
If you can block out that verbal frenzy, though, the last chapters of Antarctica: Ice & Sky are, finally, a compelling narrative (who wouldn’t be interested in the idea of “fossil air?”) and yet another scientific explanation of global warming. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJan 19, 2017
The film itself is more a record than a narrative: proof to the future that, yeah, we knew. Read full review
60
CineVueMatthew AndersonJan 21, 2016
As one voyage turns to two, three and then four, Ice and the Sky feels increasingly formulaic in structure; however, it remains a thorough and fitting tribute to an extraordinarily dedicated and humble individual with an "incontestable message". Read full review
60
EmpireDavid ParkinsonJan 21, 2016
The archive footage is compelling, but the soundtrack is a muddle of voice-over, music and effects. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJan 19, 2017
The visuals and concepts presented here may be compelling and vital, but director Luc Jacquet (“March of the Penguins”) weaves them together with too little urgency, propulsion and, ultimately, unique sense of purpose. Read full review
40
VarietyScott FoundasJan 21, 2016
A colossally overproduced white elephant of a movie that obfuscates both its own protagonist and his important message with layer upon layer of unnecessary “style.” Read full review
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