Northern Borders

2013
1h 48m

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6.4/10

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'Northern Borders' tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents' Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers lon... Read all'Northern Borders' tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents' Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets. It's 1956 and Austen experiences the farm as a place full of e... Read all'Northern Borders' tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents' Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets. It's 1956 and Austen experiences the farm as a place full of eccentric people, especially his stubborn grandparents whose thorny marriage is known as th... Read all

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8josephmcpike

Slow paced but Riveting

Really enjoyable movie. Bruce Dern and Geneve Bujold are outstanding and the boy Austin is great too. There are flaws; the boy is mature beyond his years, the other family characters are underdeveloped and there are scenes that seem pointless. But I was intensely interested in what would happen to the main characters and I found this movie riveting. If you appreciate a thoughtful movie you will like this one.

2patrickharman-49525

Great acting, rotten plot

Tedious mash-up of hateful family, and don't expect the movie to redeem itself: it doesn't.

As a snapshot of godless, self-centered people making everyone around them miserable, this movie is spot-on. Blurb claims it's "based on a true story" (aren't they all), but even that is a lie.

The list of colleges and universities that contributed to this waste of 109 minutes of your life can serve as a list of institutions for your children and grandchildren to avoid!

Great actor though he might be, perhaps it would be better for us to avoid Mr. Dern's movies entirely, rather than risk more of this ilk!

5sandcrab277

boring boring boring

Snails pace with two aged adults fighting over peanuts ...its a display of over-indulgence to the nth degree ... bruce dern plays the same role in every film he's ever been in ... i was surprised that ms bujold went along with the farce ...this game is not played in the vermont woods but on a hollywood set .... yuk

1wruzek

Nasty & Dark

First I am disgusted with the movie industries insistence to blaspheme the name of Jesus Christ, often just once. This is obviously some type of anti-Christian strategy. There is nothing good about this movie. Terrible waste of time.

3henkat-14496

Hard to find any redeeming qualities

Dull, dark and tedious. I kept waiting for one of the main characters to strike a worthwhile chord, but it never happens. Bruce Dern plays the meanest, self-centered, unloving character I've ever encountered in a movie. Mrs. Kittredge, his wife, is not much better. Stuck in the past( doesn't want electricity or Tv), refusing to speak to her husband, obsessed with bizarre Egyptian artifacts, she calls her grandson Tut. When the grown children visit, it is clear that the family is dysfunctional. There is no humor or laughter. This movie is soul crunching, determined to show that the human spirit has died along with Bruce Dern. Horrible movie- don't waste your time.