This one is interesting because it plays out in a very particular way that actually has something to do with what's happening today.

| Mar 12, 2022

Considering the epic nature of the trek, the film did feel rather pedestrian.

| Mar 9, 2022

A tense encounter with an angry polar bear and a phantom hot air balloon are highlights during the endless plodding across the frozen wilderness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 6, 2022

Coster-Waldau and Joe Derrick’s script smartly underplays the whole “hardass father figure gets his heart softened by guileless kid” dynamic, but Against the Ice struggles for something to replace it.

| Original Score: C- | Mar 3, 2022

Peter Flinth’s film sets itself up with neat economy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 3, 2022

The suspenseful scenes dont quite come together, the effects are not that convincing. Overall, it never feels as thrilling as it should.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 3, 2022

It’s a known fact that Mikkelsen and Iversen made it home, but “Against the Ice” doesn’t succeed in making us feel anything when they do.

| Mar 3, 2022

Against the Ice delivers all the delirious period drama thrills and survival horror angst that you could want from a movie with that title.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 2, 2022

A familiar tale told robustly but with very little distinguishing flair.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 1, 2022

Well-intentioned and occasionally gripping but overall somewhat flat.

| Feb 17, 2022

Against the Ice is very square, very straight, and just naggingly average in all departments.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2022

There’s always an audience for stories about men who face down the elements and lose their toes in the process. And the scenery is, well, out of this world.

| Feb 15, 2022

The scenery... is rapturous, and the script combines arduousness, gallows humour and hope in just the right proportion.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 15, 2022

This is a potentially fascinating true story in which the pedestrian script and journeyman direction mislay the suspense — unless ropey CG polar bears give you a thrill.

| Feb 15, 2022

[A] handsome but plodding adventure movie.

| Feb 15, 2022