Fresh
The Snow Walker is not Atanarjuat, but it captures the actual scenic beauty of the North and with it, the poetic truth of brotherhood in an unforgiving land.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
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The Snow Walker
Overview
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.
Director and cast
- Charles Martin Smith Director
- Barry Pepper as Charlie Halliday
- Annabella Piugattuk as Kannalaq
- James Cromwell as Walter "Shep" Shepherd
- Kiersten Warren as Estelle
- Jon Gries as Pierce
- Robin Dunne as Carl
- Malcolm Scott as Warren
- Michael Bublé as Hap
- Brad Sihvon as Mr. Izzard
- Greg Spottiswood as Mr. Moss
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As predicable as the annual fall of the Maple Leafs, but considerably more tragic, as traditional as the recurring scam of political patronage, but a lot more compelling, The Snow Walker is a vintage slice of Canadiana.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Constant interruptions prevent the story from building to a satisfying emotional pitch, leaving the film, like the characters, to trudge circuitously across that vast frozen tundra.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
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